Backing up to MS OneDrive

[J. Paul Bissonnette]

On Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:53:41 +1100
Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:

> On Wed, 2020-03-04 at 18:10 -0400, J. Paul Bissonnette wrote:
> > I just finished removing about 2 TB of data off my computer and
> > storing it in a much safer place than MS; I hope. I duplicated the
> > data onto 2 sets of HDD and stored them Orico Plastic cases and now
> > them set on a shelf. If you need a safer place buy a fire proof safe
> > for them  
> 


> Your data is WAY less safe on your shelf than with MS, but at least it
> is not exposed to malfeasance by MS.
> 
I guess it would depend on how important the data or how important the
owner perceives the data to be; or maybe even how paranoid the owner
is.  


> Keep at least one backup set offsite.

Good tip. Thanks

> Otherwise fire, theft or
> suchlike may take out your main system and all your backups.
> 
> Or encrypt it and 

>send it to MS.

I have a NAS which is reachable from any where, may or may not be
that secure. It is not in a H bomb proof shelter in the Andies. :)

If I had any sensitive data to store remotely, it would be on servers
that are not in any of the Five Eyes or even the 14 Eyes. Due to the
Patriot Act (which I think is still in effect in some form) definitely 
on no server owned by any US company anywhere on this planet..

Just my opinion.

Paul



> 
> Regards, K.
>