[Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation

[Richard Fjeld]

When I built my tower computer about a decade ago, I phoned in the order to one of the familiar parts places.  To verify my credit card info, the guy started asking me questions about my personal property, etc.  He knew the type of vehicle, year, even the color of it, as well as other information about me. That woke me up.

Dick, n0ce

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Herr 
  To: don at w3fpr.com ; elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 11:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation


  you are doing it every day.
  Verisign, the banks, they ARE the "cloud".
  They have all your info .....now.



  -----Original Message-----
  From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
  [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm
  Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 9:11 PM
  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2m beam orientation

  Phil,

  IMHO, that is a wise decision.  While "the cloud" is supposed to be secure,
  I have my doubts.  The only thing I would consider committing to the cloud
  would possibly be encrypted off-site backup data, but for now, my RAID file
  server serves that purpose quite nicely, although it does not offer me
  off-site backup storage in case of a major disaster.  I can write my backup
  data periodically to DVDs and keep them at a different location should I
  deem that necessary.  I do not have anything that is classified, so am most
  concerned about data recovery in case a disaster totally destroys the drives
  on my file server.

  73,
  Don W3FPR

  On 6/22/2013 11:47 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
  > Our servers are our property and under our control. The cloud is under 
  > who-knows-whose control who-knows-where. We made a conscious decision 
  > that we will not put our sensitive client or company data - some 
  > classified - on such a system. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane