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Looks like neither Backblaze nor Carbonite support E2E encrypted backups where I do not have to send the password to the cloud, or the private key is in fact ge
by mioelnir 9y ago
Looks like neither Backblaze nor Carbonite support E2E encrypted backups where I do not have to send the password to the cloud, or the private key is in fact generated inside the cloud.
Which means I have to really scramble to find something else that is compatible with computer-illiterate family. Geez, not what I needed.
- mafsedan 9y agoThis is the most important issue for me. Last time I looked, nobody else let me hold the key and only held on to encrypted files on their end. It would be way to dangerous for me to do my PC backup any other way. If someone finds one of those other company's old disk drives and keys, they could empty all my back accounts, etc.
- sreitshamer 9y ago(Disclosure: I work for Arq Backup) Arq encrypts the backups before transmitting them, and the encryption key you choose never leaves your computer.
- porker 9y agoIs there a way to share the encryption key between computers (manually set the key)? See my aside @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15075063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15075063 for why
- hendersoon 9y agoBackblaze supports a user-provided passphrase, which is used to encrypt your private key. That provides E2E security. It isn't used by default, though. https://www.backblaze.com/backup-encryption.html https://www.backblaze.com/backup-encryption.html