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Old 01-20-2017, 08:43 AM   #1
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Question Favorite Free Online Backup Websites?

Hi.

What are your favorite free online backup/sync website(s)?
 
Old 01-21-2017, 05:16 AM   #2
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none.
if it's free it doesn't matter which one you use.
never upload anything unencrypted that you aren't happy to share with any intelligence agency.
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Old 01-21-2017, 05:25 AM   #3
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I wouldn't consider giving any of my files to an outside source.
Scary!
 
Old 01-21-2017, 05:59 AM   #4
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Been fond of http://rsync.net/resources/howto/rsync.html lately.

#wombat
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none.
if it's free it doesn't matter which one you use.
never upload anything unencrypted that you aren't happy to share with any intelligence agency.
Or corporation, or the corporation's subcontractors and clients...

The model that Tarsnap uses looks promising. It's not free but close to it if your data does not change drastically all the time.
 
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Old 01-21-2017, 09:10 AM   #6
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LinusStallman,

None.

Turbocapitalist's mention of tarsnap is very interesting. I had never heard of it before.

http://www.tarsnap.com/

Testimonials:
http://www.tarsnap.com/testimonials.html

Review:
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/03/fantasy-tarsnap/
 
Old 01-21-2017, 10:46 AM   #7
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Tarsnap is quite popular within the BSD fraternity.
 
Old 01-21-2017, 03:05 PM   #8
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Or corporation, or the corporation's subcontractors and clients...
of course.
the implication was that if you're happy sharing your data with an intelligence agency, then your probably also happy sharing it with "lesser" entities like a corporation...
 
Old 01-23-2017, 02:35 PM   #9
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I wouldn't consider giving any of my files to an outside source.
Scary!
Depends on the files.
 
Old 01-23-2017, 02:36 PM   #10
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none.
if it's free it doesn't matter which one you use.
never upload anything unencrypted that you aren't happy to share with any intelligence agency.
Wise words.
 
Old 01-23-2017, 02:37 PM   #11
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Been fond of http://rsync.net/resources/howto/rsync.html lately.

#wombat
I love Grsync for local syncing -- PC to Ext HDD, pen drive, etc.
 
Old 01-23-2017, 02:38 PM   #12
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LinusStallman,

None.

Turbocapitalist's mention of tarsnap is very interesting. I had never heard of it before.

http://www.tarsnap.com/

Testimonials:
http://www.tarsnap.com/testimonials.html

Review:
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/03/fantasy-tarsnap/
Hi BB.

Yes, Tarsnap looks good.
 
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Or corporation, or the corporation's subcontractors and clients...

The model that Tarsnap uses looks promising. It's not free but close to it if your data does not change drastically all the time.
Thanks for the tip, TC.
 
Old 01-23-2017, 02:45 PM   #14
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This looks good:

MEGA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_%28service%29
 
Old 01-24-2017, 03:03 AM   #15
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Used them to host and share some Puppeee linux isos, and some Puppeee linux site documentation I had. They suddenly started to disappear for no reason. Just letting you know.

I had the same on Ubuntu cloud back when version 10 was new. But we all know how that turned out.
 
  


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