Let's Talk About Backups
Channel: The New Oil
Date: 2022-03-15

It is a sad fact that as privacy advocates, we sometimes rely on systems that can be unreliable, so backups are a critical part of good security. You don't want to lose important documents, encryption keys, and more, but you also don't want backups that just anybody can access. In this video, I will show you something that rarely gets discussed, but I believe is absolutely crucial: how to make good backups that serve their purpose while remaining secure and private.

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1:05 Why not use iCloud, Google Drive, etc?
1:50 What makes a good backup?
2:00 Question 1: What do you want to back up?
2:18 Question 2: How often do you need to make backups?
2:47 Question 3: How far back do you need to keep backups?
3:23 Step 4: Come up with a system.
4:29 The 3-2-1 Rule
5:11 My backup strategy (and cloudless offsite storage ideas)
6:31 The Cloud
7:38 Nextcloud
11:44 Filen
12:43 Sync
13:10 Mega
13:37 ProtonDrive
14:32 Cryptomater (and VeraCrypt)

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Source 16: https://www.sync.com/
Source 17: Affiliate link: https://mega.nz/aff=UBJLjO7sxZU; Standard link: https://mega.io/
Source 18: Affiliate link: https://go.getproton.me/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=2187; Standard link: https://drive.protonmail.com/
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Source 21: https://veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html
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