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Please do share where I can reliably store my backups for free!

by lxgr 2y ago

fragmede 2y ago
> Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it. — Linus Torvalds
- LinuxBender 2y ago
  This does still happen. Microsoft may nuke a git repo and someone has to figure out who has the latest version of the entire repo with all the latest commits of every branch.
- theandrewbailey 2y ago
  The vast majority of people aren't privileged enough to have anyone mirror their data.
- lxgr 2y ago
  But how do I get everyone to mirror my gigabytes of encrypted photo backups?
  - paulpauper 2y ago
    just upload them to social media accounts. Afik twitter, facebook, and youtube do not have storage limits . no deletion for inactivity either.
    - lxgr 2y ago
      They don't allow uploading large binary blobs either, though, and steganographically storing gigabytes of data with probably terabytes of overhead sounds like a quick way to get banned.
  - Falkon1313 2y ago
    Title it "(current star name) Leaked Nudes.zip" and seed a torrent? Every few years, change the title to keep it current.
- paulpauper 2y ago
  dump it on Wikipedia. afik wiki never removes anything. it just gets buried in an edit history . or Wikimedia image files
  - lxgr 2y ago
    That obviously can't be true, or spammers would be all over it, using Wikimedia as a free image host.
    - dredmorbius 2y ago
      There was a story making rounds a few years back that Wikipedia was being used as a file / media sharing platform, particularly in countries with limited other options for such services. I can't find a link currently, though I'm pretty sure I'm not hallucinating this.
      - lxgr 2y ago
        Are you thinking of this by any chance? https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273741 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273741 That wasn’t really somebody using Wikipedia as a file storage, but rather as a web connectivity test.
        dredmorbius 2y ago
        Nope, though that's interesting and somewhat expected. I remember when web-connectivity test was spelled "Slashdot".

Please do share where I can reliably store my backups for free!

by lxgr 2y ago

Please do share where I can reliably store my backups for free!

fragmede 2y ago

> Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it. — Linus Torvalds

LinuxBender 2y ago
This does still happen. Microsoft may nuke a git repo and someone has to figure out who has the latest version of the entire repo with all the latest commits of every branch.
theandrewbailey 2y ago
The vast majority of people aren't privileged enough to have anyone mirror their data.
lxgr 2y ago
But how do I get everyone to mirror my gigabytes of encrypted photo backups?
- paulpauper 2y ago
  just upload them to social media accounts. Afik twitter, facebook, and youtube do not have storage limits . no deletion for inactivity either.
  - lxgr 2y ago
    They don't allow uploading large binary blobs either, though, and steganographically storing gigabytes of data with probably terabytes of overhead sounds like a quick way to get banned.
- Falkon1313 2y ago
  Title it "(current star name) Leaked Nudes.zip" and seed a torrent? Every few years, change the title to keep it current.
paulpauper 2y ago
dump it on Wikipedia. afik wiki never removes anything. it just gets buried in an edit history . or Wikimedia image files
- lxgr 2y ago
  That obviously can't be true, or spammers would be all over it, using Wikimedia as a free image host.
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    There was a story making rounds a few years back that Wikipedia was being used as a file / media sharing platform, particularly in countries with limited other options for such services. I can't find a link currently, though I'm pretty sure I'm not hallucinating this.
    - lxgr 2y ago
      Are you thinking of this by any chance? https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273741 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273741 That wasn’t really somebody using Wikipedia as a file storage, but rather as a web connectivity test.
      - dredmorbius 2y ago
        Nope, though that's interesting and somewhat expected. I remember when web-connectivity test was spelled "Slashdot".