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Ask HN: A middle ground for backup services
I have a non technical friend that needs to back up some private documents (passport scans, paystubs, etc). Is there something client-side encrypted, close to transparent for the end-user?
I would normally recommend tarsnap for a case like this but there is no way he will be able to figure that out.
- rabino 13y agoIf he's on a Mac, Arq is a great solution. http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/ http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/
- fasteo 13y agohttp://www.backblaze.com/ http://www.backblaze.com/
- lazylizard 13y agobackblaze has 30 days retention only?
- lazylizard 13y agohttps://www.airbackup.com/ https://www.airbackup.com/ ??? any of the iaso backup resellers? i kind suspect airbackup is one since it looks so much like iaso..
- lazylizard 13y agoperhaps crashplan..
- lazylizard 13y agooh. and duplicati!
- apawloski 13y agoWhat about simply using TrueCrypt + S3? Encrypt through one GUI, upload through a second?
- dylz 13y agoThanks for the suggestions. - airbackup (minimum $79), too high - Arq - not a mac (windows 8.1u1 + ubuntu for banking) - crashplan, backblaze, carbonite - looking into this, more specifically the client side crypto parts - spideroak - UI is really really unfriendly to "newbies" -
- staunch 13y agoMove those files to USB/DVD and rely on physical security.
- jlgaddis 13y agoI'm not sure if it's still around or popular but I used Jungle Disk several years ago. The Windows client allowed you to configure your own encryption keys (files are encrypted locally before being uploaded) and S3 is the backend. It was similar to Dropbox in that you can just move files to your Jungle Disk folder and everything happens automatically and transparently.