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Not to criticize, but to clarify: > encrypted backups of the e-mails which I store in the cloud, the encryption key never leaves my device. Doesn't in mean th
by Lex-2008 5y ago
Not to criticize, but to clarify:
> encrypted backups of the e-mails which I store in the cloud, the encryption key never leaves my device.
Doesn't in mean that in (unlikely) case something happens to your device (like harddrive crash), you won't be able to access the backups?
- andi999 5y agoSounds like a single point of failure to me as well. I don't think it is that unlikely that laptop unintentionally change owners or just break.
- ThePhysicist 5y agoI have an offline backup of the key (encrypted).
- willis936 5y agoYou can have encrypted offsite backups for cheap a la backblaze (and slightly more expensive with other providers if you have principled objections to backblaze).
- yladiz 5y agoWhat would be some objections to Backblaze?
- willis936 5y agoI think only this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26536019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26536019 Depending on your POV it is either a mild story or a non-story. It certainly doesn't meet my threshold for avoiding a service, but some people are more sensitive.