This week TV’s Dr. Phil revealed he is dealing with his own feelings of insecurity—cloud insecurity. In an article by USA Today, the television therapist admitted that he loves technology, but doesn’t trust the cloud, and prohibits his employees from backing up. His reason for keeping his heart closed to online backup? He doesn’t want to risk being hurt by data loss. Since we’re experts on data security, we’ll treat Dr. Phil with the same no-nonsense therapy he offers guests on his show.
Symptoms
In the same blunt manner he uses to treat patients, Dr. Phil has said of the dangers of cloud backup, “If you don’t put it in, it can’t break.” It appears he needs a taste of his own medicine, as he is clearly displaying symptoms of acute fear of technology. Not only does the good doctor not realize how much leverage cloud storage will give him over his data, he doesn’t realize he can safely backup to the cloud as long as his data is securely encrypted using IDrive online backup.
So how can IDrive help Dr. Phil live a more healthy digital life? First let’s look at the root cause of the problem.
Causes
There are plenty of valid causes for the tension Dr. Phil feels about cloud backup and the steady flow of celebrity selfie leakage. Certainly our favorite TV therapist, a celeb himself, doesn’t want his private selfies leaked. Nor does the public for that matter. But by refusing to use cloud storage, Dr. Phil’s missing out on one of the best ways to protect data. Accessibility, affordability, security, emotional fulfillment. Dr. Phil is probably not getting these things from his current backup solution, which is to upload his files to a thumb drive and bury it in the backyard like a dog bone.
Diagnosis and Treatment
Dr. Phil is clearly suffering from cloud anxiety syndrome.
The most effective treatment for cloud anxiety is called Private Key Encryption, which makes your data virtually impossible to crack. It could have spared celebs like Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Kim Kardashian from having their selfies revealed to the public. But services like iCloud–whose compromise led to the leaks–and Dropbox don’t offer it.
IDrive offers a private key option which allows you to choose your own key, which is never kept on our servers. That means the only person who can unlock Dr. Phil’s data is Dr. Phil. It makes cloud storage as secure as possible, so you can keep all your digital life accessible across all your devices with no worries. In other words, it’s the cure for cloud anxiety syndrome. No shovel or wheelbarrow required.
If treated quickly, Dr. Phil will also benefit from IDrive’s amazing features, including:
- Backups and restores from any device, anytime and anywhere
- Protection against natural disasters, wear-and-tear and viruses
- Convenient file syncing across any linked devices
- Military grade 256-bit AES encryption with a private key option
With IDrive, Dr. Phil can enjoy all the benefits of cloud backup while staying safe from online threats. Just what the doctor ordered.
