It has its own set of benefits: it’s reasonably affordable, it makes sharing files easier, it’s ubiquitous across most operating systems and devices, and it’s just really nice to have a backup when your hard drive dies. But it’s not always the most convenient, which is why most of us look to cloud storage as a secondary option.

Storing your most sensitive files locally on a hard drive is still (and probably always will be) the logical thing to do.