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If you think Tarsnap is Dropbox with an open source client (but marketed differently), a) you do not understand the engineering reality of Tarsnap (or you have
by patio11 13y ago
If you think Tarsnap is Dropbox with an open source client (but marketed differently), a) you do not understand the engineering reality of Tarsnap (or you have a very... curious understanding of Dropbox) and b) Colin, please note that your marketing is creating fans who think that Tarsnap is Dropbox with an open source client.
- genwin 13y agoHow about Dropbox + TrueCrypt, except easier to automate and much cheaper beyond Dropbox's free tier, in exchange for taking the risk on a one-person business?
- vertex-four 13y agoYou realise that Dropbox isn't a backup system, right?
- genwin 13y agoI have a backup file there, so can confirm it does work for that purpose.
- wglb 13y agoUm, no. Delete that file on one device, it is gone from all that share it.
- genwin 13y agoPut only a backup copy (not the source file) into Dropbox or Tarsnap. Don't delete the file on either system. Same boat. Scripts can copy out from the Dropbox to both negate your issue and proliferate backup copies to many physical locations.
- dennisgorelik 13y agoDropbox preserves history of the file even after file was deleted. Especially with Packrat feature. https://www.dropbox.com/help/11/en https://www.dropbox.com/help/11/en
- genwin 13y agoDidn't know, thanks! Also didn't know that (from Dropbox help) "Your files are stored using 256-bit AES encryption". You have to trust them with the keys though.
- noir_lord 13y agoI meant the product described in the blog post not tarsnap as it currently is. I'm quite aware of what tarsnap is.
- scott_s 13y agoI think Patrick's comment still applies if you think he described "Dropbox with an open source client." Since it's still tarsnap, it still retains all of the security benefits of tarsnap. Saying "open source client" does not capture that.