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#119612 7-Jun-2013 16:56
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Hi,
Went to log in to Skydrive at around 2am this morning on an Android tablet, and it advised me I'd breach some term (unspecified). So I went through the motions, verified via text message, sent off a brief request for unlock and got no response. This process required me to change my password. The account has been locked message advised that I would be informed of the nature of the breach of terms and would be given 48 hours to make my account compliant.

Five minutes ago the account is mysteriously unlocked, no email received to my nominated account so none the wiser as to why it was locked in the first place. (Ten or so excel docs and two word docs is all that's up there).

Well that as weird.

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  #832350 7-Jun-2013 17:04
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This kind of thing is a good reason to keep local copies of your important files :/



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  #832356 7-Jun-2013 17:18
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That is one reason I don't really trust the cloud for storage in that way. Fine for a backup though. I suspect it could have been a hacking attempt and an automated system locked it.

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  #832357 7-Jun-2013 17:24
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Yes... I have my stuff on my laptop synchronising to Skydrive - but also to Dropbox, with a full backup to Crashplan and to my own NAS. Don't trust these services entirely...




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  #832358 7-Jun-2013 17:25
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Definitely have the files with other services, and local backups. Made the wee small hours more interesting though.

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