Digital-Property Stored on the Cloud

According to a recent UK survey of 2,000 internet users, internet users collectively store at least $3.2 billion worth of personal videos, music, photos, and books in the cloud. Over half of those surveyed considered digital property like their Kindles, iTunes, online photos, and even online avatars to be “treasured possession,” but less than one-third realized that their password-protected digital property was stored by a third party or that they were even using the so-called cloud.

After hearing of the survey, Fabio Trolini, VP of Cloud at Rackspace said, “The cloud is becoming more and more part of our everyday work and personal life. [With the large investment Internet users] seem to be making in digital treasures, it’s imperative that people consider the associated security and legacy implications.”

Helen A.S. Popkin, Who Gets Your Internet Passwords When You Die?, MSNBC, Oct. 13, 2011.