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It's very liberating to know you can do this. You can sleep at night knowing your confidential data is safe. From a business continuity standpoint, worst case s
by TallGuyShort 7y ago
It's very liberating to know you can do this. You can sleep at night knowing your confidential data is safe. From a business continuity standpoint, worst case scenario you get a new machine, restore, and you're back in business. When I trade-in my work laptop for a new one I love the feeling of handing them my old one, picking up my new one, and not looking back. Works just as well for ransomware, other viruses, ruined hard-drives, etc.
- new_guy 7y agoBut whatever attack vector was used is probably still wide open on your machine even after restoring a backup. Most people will just get infected again straight away.
- technofiend 7y agoWell, maybe. On the other hand forcing someone to update often reveals that updating does not in fact break the world, particularly in linux-land where API updates are supposed to not break userland. Many times users who don't understand the risk incorrectly assume worst case scenario.
- reustle 7y ago> It's very liberating to know you can do this. You can sleep at night knowing your confidential data is safe If ransomware was able to infect the machine, then I doubt the data was safe either
- hobs 7y agoExfiltrating is insanely more difficult especially of "the useful stuff" - and even then you have to sell it or use it to embarrass your target, it's pretty difficult unless you target people ahead of time - easier to just interrupt business.
- pkulak 7y agoAll my data is in Dropbox, with a few helper bash scripts that I run from time to time to sync a couple choice filters. Otherwise, I interact with it on the website. Ransomware would have to be extremely targeted just to me to cause any issues. Security by obscurity. :D