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> For example, in a power outage, Helm won't work. I mean you can connect it to a Uninterupptible Power Supply "USP". It's not clear if they have a high power
by blablabla123 8y ago
> For example, in a power outage, Helm won't work.
I mean you can connect it to a Uninterupptible Power Supply "USP".
It's not clear if they have a high power USB connector to connect USB batteries, however:
"Built-in battery backup for safe shutdown
On mode: 10 W
Standby: 0.4 W"
(https://thehelm.com/pages/technology https://thehelm.com/pages/technology)
> LTE backup. But then that's extra infrastructure against
> the promised simplicity.
There are low-cost routers with USB ports that allow plugging in an LTE stick.
> Also I don't see how encryption prevents the device from
> being physically destroyed.
You can create a backup and store it on an untrusted storage (cloud for instance).
I'm surprised these devices didn't take off 5 years ago already, as this is technology wise almost a step backwards into the 90s. But I think it's worth it, and in fact you don't need helm to set up a system like this yourself. Get a Raspi, stuff an LTE stick and a juicy USB storage into it together with external USB-battery in passthrough and you even have a superior device.
- lolc 8y agoYou are introducing a lot of moving parts to go from 99% to 99.5% availability. And you can't get much better than this at home. In that vein, for most people, the availability of a Raspi solution would be 0%. They just can't handle it. If you can accept the bad availability Helm looks like a fine solution to get your mail out of the cloud.