It’s Time to Run an Audit of All the Cloud Storage Links You’ve Shared

Cloud storage certainly has a lot going for it. For a start, if you drop your laptop into the sink, it's likely that a lot of your important work will be backed up somewhere in the cloud, as long as you’re using services such as Google Drive, OneDrive, and iCloud.

Then there's file sharing: Not too many years ago, swapping large amounts of data with other people meant dragging and dropping and running around with USB drives (and perhaps even mailing them). Now, via a couple of clicks and a link, you can share just about anything with just about anyone, anywhere in the world.

However, this comes with security risks attached. You don't want those links making their way to anyone they weren't intended for, otherwise they've got access to your files and folders. They could potentially see what's in them, and maybe even make...

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