Cloud Storage There are number of cloud storage service (such as ADrive, Microso

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Cloud Storage There are number of cloud storage service (such as ADrive, Microsoft OneDrive, Goggle Drive and Box) designed to allow individual to back up files online and share specifc files with others;speciallt online storage services designed for digital photo sharing include Flickr, Photobucket and Snapfish.

For the project, visit at least one cloud storage site designed for backup and file exchange, and atleast one of the file designed for digital photo sharing. You can tru the site listed above or use a seach site to find alternative sites. Tour your selected sites to determine the features each services offers, the cost the amount of the storage space available, and the options for sending uploaded files to other. Do the sites password-protect tour files, or are they available for anyone with an Internet connection to see. What are the benefits for using these types of storage services? Can you think of any drawback? Would you want to use any of the storages services? Why or why not? At conclusion of this task, prepare a short summay

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Cloud Storage Services

I have visited Google Drive, an online cloud storage service provider and also other providers like SpiderOak and Mega. Google Drive provides up to 15GB of free storage to its Google-mail users. Above that it costs $1.99 per month for 100GB of storage. And $9.99 per month for 1 TB of storage. For above 10 TB, it costs $99.99 per month. Meanwhile Mega gives cloud storage of 15 GB free and $5.79 monthly for 200GB.

Google Drive has an interactive user interface. We can upload files simply using drag and drop. It has a folder syncing option. It has file sharing option. Instead of sending a whole file, we can share it to a person using a link and we can decide the access like view-only etc. It has an easy recovery process, incase the user forgets the password. Also, there is no encrypted protection on Google Drive.

Mega also has a file sharing option and neat interface. It also has a folder syncing option. Its services are encrypted on the client side using AES encryption algorithm. Even Mega doesn’t know the encryption key, so nobody can read the files except the user. If the user forgets the password, there is no way to recover the files unless he/she has the recovery key backed up.

Nobody can view the files on the cloud except the user. Unless the user shares the files with others, they are safe and secure.

The benefits of these cloud storages are:

There are some drawbacks to these services:   

If we want to use these cloud storage services, it is better to encrypt the data by ourselves and then upload it to the cloud. We can use an open source encryption utility like VeraCrypt. Also option like two factor authentication should be enabled in mail services like Google-mail which is base for Google Drive. We should use strong passwords. These services can be useful when we want to access our files from a remote location. But one should be cautious. If not, it could fall into wrong hands.

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