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Maybe I am nitpicking but there are some very important steps missing: Encrypt everything Check drives (health etc) Etc

by uzakov 5y ago

xupybd 5y ago
I don't Encrypt my family photos. I don't understand why anyone would?
- loceng 5y ago
  Perhaps some family photos would include sexy time memories? Ideally those are password protected though or not included with general family photo storage..
- uzakov 5y ago
  Multiple reasons: 1) Someone can use those to train DeepFake models and scam your family 2) There could be private photos and videos there that you aren't aware of 3) Why not?
  - xupybd 5y ago
    1 and 2 will probably make sense to some. It's not something that would overcome my why not. For 3 the biggest problem with encryption is you introduce a single point of failure, if you lose access to the keys your photos are gone. On a simpler note I'm a big fan of keeping things as simple as I can. Encryption is not simple. It can be fun to work with and I don't want to ignore that but unless you want to do that for fun I don't think it's worth the complexity.
    - atoav 5y ago
      If you use restic for backups there is not even an option to do it without encryption. Just use something simple you will never forget. Everybody has that password.
- WalterBright 5y ago
  I don't encrypt them because then if I lose the encryption key or the encryption program or the encryption program won't run on my future machine, I lose it all.
adfm 5y ago
It's easy to say "Encrypt everything," but how do you go about it? For folks looking for an "easy" cross-platform solution to encrypt your sensitive bits in the cloud, check out Cryptomator [^1]. [^1]: https://cryptomator.org/ https://cryptomator.org/ (no affiliation)
- atoav 5y ago
  Restic. If you create a restic backup it asks you for an encryption password, you enter it, co fogure the folders etc. Sadly it has no gui (that I know of) but something like runtestic can help with automated incremental and encrypted backups, where you only want to keep the last n versions (and for example a weekly snapshot)
  - rhamzeh 5y ago
    On Gnome, DejaDup recently rolled out restic support, and I must say, it's looking really good! If you use Gnome, I would encourage you to use it and give feedback here [1] [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/deja-dup/-/issues/192 https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/deja-dup/-/issues/192
    - atoav 5y ago
      Thanks for the hint, I am a KDE plasma user, but I will keep this in mind for Gnome users in my circle.
joe200 5y ago
What encryption are you using ?

Maybe I am nitpicking but there are some very important steps missing: Encrypt everything Check drives (health etc) Etc

by uzakov 5y ago

Maybe I am nitpicking but there are some very important steps missing: Encrypt everything Check drives (health etc) Etc

xupybd 5y ago

I don't Encrypt my family photos. I don't understand why anyone would?

loceng 5y ago
Perhaps some family photos would include sexy time memories? Ideally those are password protected though or not included with general family photo storage..
uzakov 5y ago
Multiple reasons: 1) Someone can use those to train DeepFake models and scam your family 2) There could be private photos and videos there that you aren't aware of 3) Why not?
- xupybd 5y ago
  1 and 2 will probably make sense to some. It's not something that would overcome my why not. For 3 the biggest problem with encryption is you introduce a single point of failure, if you lose access to the keys your photos are gone. On a simpler note I'm a big fan of keeping things as simple as I can. Encryption is not simple. It can be fun to work with and I don't want to ignore that but unless you want to do that for fun I don't think it's worth the complexity.
  - atoav 5y ago
    If you use restic for backups there is not even an option to do it without encryption. Just use something simple you will never forget. Everybody has that password.
WalterBright 5y ago
I don't encrypt them because then if I lose the encryption key or the encryption program or the encryption program won't run on my future machine, I lose it all.

adfm 5y ago

It's easy to say "Encrypt everything," but how do you go about it? For folks looking for an "easy" cross-platform solution to encrypt your sensitive bits in the cloud, check out Cryptomator [^1]. [^1]: https://cryptomator.org/ https://cryptomator.org/ (no affiliation)

atoav 5y ago
Restic. If you create a restic backup it asks you for an encryption password, you enter it, co fogure the folders etc. Sadly it has no gui (that I know of) but something like runtestic can help with automated incremental and encrypted backups, where you only want to keep the last n versions (and for example a weekly snapshot)
- rhamzeh 5y ago
  On Gnome, DejaDup recently rolled out restic support, and I must say, it's looking really good! If you use Gnome, I would encourage you to use it and give feedback here [1] [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/deja-dup/-/issues/192 https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/deja-dup/-/issues/192
  - atoav 5y ago
    Thanks for the hint, I am a KDE plasma user, but I will keep this in mind for Gnome users in my circle.

joe200 5y ago

What encryption are you using ?