Re: [PLUG] Physically Secure Backup Disk

[Steve Litt via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Soren Harward via plug said on Wed, 17 May 2023 21:59:42 -0400

>On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 8:32 PM Steve Litt via plug
><plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
>>

[snip]

>> Read the Terms and Conditions of your Google Cloud Storage, and
>> notice they take no responsibility for the loss or dispersal of your
>> information. This is a *huge* point of failure: They don't care for
>> your data like you would.  
>
>While true, this isn't much of an argument against cloud storage. The
>other offsite storage locations proposed ITT include:
>
>- offline HDD in safe deposit box

Encrypt it and rotate your disks in and out of the safe deposit vault.

>- NAS or offline HDD at friend's/relative's house

Encrypt it and check that the friend received it.

>- NAS at some other colo data center

By definition this is cloud backup, so it shouldn't be your sole
backup. If you do it at all, encrypt it.

>
>*None* of these will guarantee the integrity of your data. All of them
>require that you trust your data to someone else.

Internet companies regularly go out of business, get breached, get sold
to entities that don't care about the customer. I've never had any bank
lose any of my safe deposit stuff or deny me access. The levels of risk
are very different. As far as data integrity, that should be checked by
you with md5 files or whatever upon initial backup.

SteveT

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