Whenever I think Microsoft's online offerings look good, I remember this article:
http://wmpoweruser.com/watch-what-you-store-on-skydriveyou-m...
Of course, the NSA revelations make it hardly matter anyway.
http://wmpoweruser.com/watch-what-you-store-on-skydriveyou-m...
Of course, the NSA revelations make it hardly matter anyway.
Now, knowing that MS is prone to shutting down the whole account for perceived infractions? I have family photos that aren't backed up anywhere else there. That's not cool.
Honestly, even if this policy was reserved for kiddy-porn and crack-dealers, the "boom your stuff is gone no review no discussion" approach to it means the possibility of a false-positive is scary.
IIRC, Google is just as prone to doing this too.
Get a domain, forward it to service X and Y, back it up regularly, sorted.
This applies to ALL services be they free or paid.
Saying that I've had the same hotmail/msn/live/outlook account since 1997 without a problem.
Obviously those need to be backed up. Problem solved.
Microsoft helped the NSA to circumvent its encryption to address concerns that the agency would be unable to intercept web chats on the new Outlook.com portal;
The agency already had pre-encryption stage access to email on Outlook.com, including Hotmail;
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-c...
If you want secure communications, you don't use email or you use something you control.
It's like saying "most regular envelopes go through the Post Office using plain vans, if you want secure communication you send it in an armoured van staffed by personally-vetted Congolese mercenaries". Nobody touches Post Office vans not because they're hard to assault (they're not), but because they're shielded with thick walls of law.
I know that smtp is more like sending postcards and yadda yadda yadda, but that's not what most legal systems have assumed for 20 years, nor what the public at large expects.