Cloud backup apps?

[gespinha]

Hi there,

 

I work on a Mac and have two backup disks, one for my TimeMachine and the other for personal files, but I've been thinking about how vulnerable these files are just on the disks and on the computer and how easy it is for these devices to get stollen or broken.

 

Is there any kind of Cloud Backup software you use? Do you recommend the use these kinds of apps?

 

Please let me know,
Thanks!

[Azgoth 2]

I don't use it myself, but I hear good things about Backblaze.  $5/month I think, your files are all encrypted, and you get unlimited storage.  It's certainly one worth looking into, if nothing else.

[Jonny]

Hi,

Most provides will do what you want.

• Google Drive
• One Drive
• Dropbox
• Box.com
• Backblaze
• Crash Plan

All of these are good solutions but it comes down to who you would trust the most.

 

 

If you are good with the terminal. You could setup your own server, cheap from https://www.budgetvm.com/openvz-linux-vps.php

$25 a year for 50GB VPS. Which will be probably more secure, especially if you use rsync over SSH (encrypted).

There are loads of guides of how to setup your own backup server.

 

You could just install btsync and use that to sync/backup all your data. Not as secure as SSH but still encrypted.

 

If you got any more questions ask.

[gespinha]

Hey, thanks for the replys, they really helped

 

Just to have a point of comparison, can you please help me understand which are the most secure encryption types nowadays?

 

Thanks

[Jonny]

7 hours ago, gespinha said:

Hey, thanks for the replys, they really helped

 

Just to have a point of comparison, can you please help me understand which are the most secure encryption types nowadays?

 

Thanks

AES256 is best encryption. All traffic between you and the provider is encrypted but who knows how secure their servers are.

 

You could encrypt the files before you upload them, using 7-zip or something.

If you use the 7z archieve format, and then put a password on it and it will encrypt it with AES256.

 

How good are you IT skills because I know a pretty good way of doing it using encfs?

[Jonny]

Something like this would work for secure backup as its stored on dropbox, encrypt with your password.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-encfs-mac/

 

what it does is creates a encrypted file system, which then uploads to dropbox in this case, where it is stored and can't be read with out the password you set,

 

WARNING if you forgot the password to the file system, you will lose your files. Resetting Dropbox account will not help.

[gespinha]

7 hours ago, Jonny said:

Something like this would work for secure backup as its stored on dropbox, encrypt with your password.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-encfs-mac/

 

what it does is creates a encrypted file system, which then uploads to dropbox in this case, where it is stored and can't be read with out the password you set,

 

WARNING if you forgot the password to the file system, you will lose your files. Resetting Dropbox account will not help.

Hey, thats sounds like an idea!

But is this as vulnerable as adding it to any other server? If someone gets access to my dropbox account wouldn't it have the same outcome as in any other server, regardless of the kind of system encfs uses?

[Jonny]

Using Encfs they only see encrypted files on Dropbox. they would need to know you use encfs and then the password/key for it, to get the data.

 

Sorry for late reply, Its not emailing me when people reply,  I need to fix that.