Windows 11 user is locked out of Microsoft account and loses 30 years of data in a cautionary tale that'll make your hair stand on end
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  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    make sure the “someone else” isn’t a clown hat like Microsoft

    I mean just about anyone of sufficient size is susceptible to this. Just keep multiple backups.

    • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
      5·
      2 days ago

      I mean just about anyone of sufficient size is susceptible to this.

      Sure - the bigger the business, the more expendable each user/customer is. And Microsoft is really huge.

      Just keep multiple backups.

      Two are enough for most people (the 3-2-1 rule); sometimes one. The catch is that at least one of those backups must be off-line, and in a different medium than the original. While you can use the cloud to increase the reliability of the whole system, you should never rely exclusively on it.