Karl Voit has a nice post that tells us why we shouldn’t trust or use the cloud. There are lots of reasons why we might want to use the cloud and most of us are familiar with them: lots of (perhaps “free”) storage that’s backed up regularly by professionals who know what they’re doing and who can provide industrial strength security. At least that’s the theory.
It’s a cliche but no less true that if you aren’t paying for the product, you are the product. That’s the usual argument used against companies like Google but the problems run deeper. Read Voit’s post for some of those problems and why you shouldn’t fall prey to them. The alternatives are often hard and you may have to forego really useful things like syncing your data across all your devices.
You might consider the benefits worth the downsides but you should at least know what those downsides are. Reading Voit’s post will help you decide how to balance your risks and benefits.