How safe is the information we store online?

There's a lot of media buzz about the release of personal information and photos of celebrities and companies via various phone hacks. An article on mashable.com questions the safety of many storage programs such as iCloud and Dropbox, and how you can prevent your own private information from being released to the public. Apple, at least, has a very good multi-step security check on their servers for iCloud. The program itself probably isn't what you need to worry about being safe, it's actually your password and how much information you put about yourself online. When choosing a strong password, make sure it's not related to anything you've put on any public blogs or social media accounts. Reusing the same password for numerous websites also puts you at risk to be hacked, according to mashable.com. At the end of the day, you're only safe as you make yourself to be. The less personal information you put about yourself online the less at risk you are.


iCloud's storage security. (Image: screenshot from apple.com)