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I feel the worst part is making sure to have redundancy for these things. I've lost so many pictures and chat-logs through the years from disk-failure. Backing

I feel the worst part is making sure to have redundancy for these things. I've lost so many pictures and chat-logs through the years from disk-failure. Backing it up somewhere else which is (or is not) encrypted offsite can make this even more bothersome, but it's often neccessary.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
Also, encrypted storage adds a risk that if you ever forget your password or lose the key, your data is effectively gone.
- 15155 11y ago
  Keys in private, non-bank safety deposit boxes paid for annually with cash.
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    This goes back to what 'sdrothrock wrote: > The problem is that this requires people to be constantly pro-active about where they store things, which most people aren't or don't care about right now. Also, the solution requires you to have enough free cash every year. Data usually can last over long periods of unemployment, and there's the temptation to think that "hell, still I have those keys on me, I can live without that safety deposit box for some time, until I have spare cash"...
  - expertentipp 11y ago
    > non-bank Why? I would argue that a safety deposit box in a venue entirely owned by a bank would be the safest bet.
    - 15155 11y ago
      More off-grid, less failures. Private safety deposit box companies are excellent. Banks aren't as discreet as private vault companies and it's not at all unlikely that a government entity would subpoena for your box contents. Certainly a private vault company could be subpoenaed, as well, but for that to happen a prosecutorial or other undesirable entity would need to actually know you have a box there. Set the box up, making as-few-as-humanly-possible trips to it, pay for it in cash for years in advance. One caveat: I would use a bank vault for items like passports, documents, heirlooms, etc. Things that have no potentially-incriminating value or that government would have anyway (passports, DL copies, SS cards)

TeMPOraL 11y ago

Also, encrypted storage adds a risk that if you ever forget your password or lose the key, your data is effectively gone.

15155 11y ago
Keys in private, non-bank safety deposit boxes paid for annually with cash.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  This goes back to what 'sdrothrock wrote: > The problem is that this requires people to be constantly pro-active about where they store things, which most people aren't or don't care about right now. Also, the solution requires you to have enough free cash every year. Data usually can last over long periods of unemployment, and there's the temptation to think that "hell, still I have those keys on me, I can live without that safety deposit box for some time, until I have spare cash"...
- expertentipp 11y ago
  > non-bank Why? I would argue that a safety deposit box in a venue entirely owned by a bank would be the safest bet.
  - 15155 11y ago
    More off-grid, less failures. Private safety deposit box companies are excellent. Banks aren't as discreet as private vault companies and it's not at all unlikely that a government entity would subpoena for your box contents. Certainly a private vault company could be subpoenaed, as well, but for that to happen a prosecutorial or other undesirable entity would need to actually know you have a box there. Set the box up, making as-few-as-humanly-possible trips to it, pay for it in cash for years in advance. One caveat: I would use a bank vault for items like passports, documents, heirlooms, etc. Things that have no potentially-incriminating value or that government would have anyway (passports, DL copies, SS cards)