Saki wrote:Backups are essential.
Unfortunately, they usually only remove the threat if something has already happened.
And unfortunately they don't help against unwise behavior.
Life is a struggle between human stupidity and the universe. So far the universe wins.
Learning helps vs. "unwise behaviour". Backups make learning easier with lower costs. With a backup history, a mistake is a matter of maybe 3 minutes. Without a backup ... the loss can take any hight.
Mijikai wrote:Sure, backaups are always a good idea but often the value is in the information... so restoring the data is not really the issue at all.
Never connect computers with confidential information to the internet
The internet is a worldwise digital information transfer network and access to it is pretty open to anybody. And the Internet does a great job doing exactly that.
Or did i misunderstand what you meant?