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#backups

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

How #Signal, #WhatsApp, #Apple, and #Google Handle Encrypted Chat #Backups
End-to-end encrypted chat apps are a wonderful tool for communicating safely and privately, but backups are always going to be a contentious part of how they work.
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/back

Electronic Frontier Foundation · How Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat BackupsEncrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up, you can accidentally undermine your privacy. When a conversation is properly encrypted end-to-end,...
h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve:

Signal is currently testing 'cloud' backups with the staging version of the Android app.

Details:

  • Fully end-to-end encrypted (duh),
  • Free and paid tiers - free supports unlimited messages and media up to 45 days, paid is $1,99/mo for 100GB,
  • This does NOT replace the local backup.

In fact, the local backup is getting a revamp too! :flan_hurrah: It will gain cross-platform support (iOS <=> Android), changed format (taking seconds rather than minutes) and external syncing tools (like Nextcloud) will be faster too.

#Signal#Backups
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CryptGoat

#Signal bekommt E2E-verschlüsselte Cloud-Backups, die man nun unter #Android testen kann: community.signalusers.org/t/pu

Die neuen #Backups sollen dann übrigens auch dann auch plattformübergreifend nutzbar sein, was auch endlich den Umzug der Chatinhalte zwischen Android und iOS ermöglicht.

Auch lokale Backups sollen deutlich besser werden. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass sie dann endlich inkrementell funktionieren. 👀

Signal Community · Public Signal Backups TestingTL;DR You can test the new Signal Backups feature on Android on our staging servers. Grab the self-updating apk here! Hello, everyone! Many of you are aware that we’ve been working on a new end-to-end encrypted backup system for quite a while. Well, today, we’re finally ready to start testing it with external users 🙂 The new backup system fulfills so many of the things people have wanted for so long: Hosted by Signal, so your data is safe even if you made a local back...
#Messenger#Privacy#Security
Michael Martinez :verified:

It's hard to believe that such a prestigious research facility didn't maintain offsite backups of their documentation (data, experiment technical references and reports, etc.).

The IT manager in me is appalled at the idea that no one was responsible for creating and maintaining off-site backups. Hopefully, the story is written for emotional effect and omitting relevant information.

#news #israel #iran #medicine #research #it #backups

the-express.com/news/world-new

Daily Express US · Iran attack destroys $50m 'crown jewel' of Israeli science in devastating blowBy Yelena Mandenberg
Bob Young

Stop trusting cloud service providers so much.

This screenshot from a post on Threads is a great example of the kinds of real-world problems people (and companies) experience when they use a cloud-only architecture, through ignorance or intentional design.

Every person, and every company, needs to design their data systems architecture so that they have local control of all data. Put it in the cloud if it’s essential to your business operations, sure, but keep local copies as well.

We live in a time when most systems architects don’t even consider off-cloud elements in their design. It literally does not occur to them. When I do crisis support for companies after a ransomware attack, it’s gotten to the point where I expect them to say “no” when I ask them, “Do you have any offline copies of your data?”

(Description of screenshot: a woman posted on Threads that she lost access to her Microsoft account through a combination of events, some of which she could have prevented, and now it will be thirty days before Microsoft will allow her access to her files).

#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks

#cybersecurity#DisasterPreparation#backups
Lance

Bought a new USB SATA drive dock for data backups. I popped in the drive I use for periodically imaging my main desktop, but it wouldn't show up. Tried another USB port. Still nothing.

Then I checked drive management: there was, of course, a signature conflict between the C: drive and the drive containing the image of the same. D'oh!

Booted from a thumb drive, and Clonezilla is now chugging away! This dock is much easier than using my old USB adapter kit with its multiple wires. #Backups

Steven Woolgar

I’m looking for backup advice. I have 4 macOS devices I currently back up. A total of around 20TB. I currently use BackBlaze but was looking to replace it. I’d like to use Arq with a cheaper backend.

I looked at Wasabi cloud storage but that is pretty expensive ($140/month).

Suggestions?

#backups
Lance

Decided not to renew my annual BackBlaze subscription. Last night I deleted my account (and online backup).

Today I'll stop by the bank to retrieve my backup drive from our safety deposit box. It's a bit of a nuisance, but doable quarterly.

I still do local backups regularly, of course. #Backups

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Sean O'Brien

@evangreer @fightforthefuture.org @bsky.app @guardianproject @internetarchive @torproject @signalapp @session @simplex @freedomofpress
🗃️ Backups: Wipe fearlessly.
Have full #backups stored #securely before joining any protest. Depending on your threat model, cloud sync might be better than nothing — but understand you're #doxxing to #BigTech. Instead, try to create encrypted *local* backups. @eff ssd.eff.org/module/what-should

ssd.eff.orgWhat Should I Know About Encryption?Perhaps you've heard the word “encryption” used, but in so many different contexts it’s gotten confusing. You might have seen it referring to everything from protecting your laptop, chat app security, or guarding your shopping online. Regardless of when it’s used, when we talk about encryption, we’re referring to the...
Prof. Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker

Wenn die #Backups vom Auswärtigen Amt über die technische Infrastruktur von Elon #Musk übertragen werden: Eine Anfrage an die #Bundesregierung legt die schon bestehenden Abhängigkeiten zum Satellitennetz #Starlink offen - und die sind kritisch. Selbst eine Verschlüsselung hilft wenig, wenn getreu dem Motto "store now, decrypt later" gearbeitet wird. Aber das ist ja nichts Neues:

rnd.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-beh #cybersecurity

RedaktionsNetzwerk DeutschlandDeutsche Behörden nutzen Musks Starlink in sensiblen Bereichen: Warum das zum Problem werden könnteDas BSI nutzt das Satelliteninternet Starlink von Elon Musk zum Schutz kritischer Infrastrukturen, das Außenministerium für Backups. Und manche Einsatzfelder sind offenbar so sensibel, dass sie gar nicht erst verraten werden dürfen. Das könnte zum Problem werden.
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ᏕᎯᏕᏣᎻᎯ :antifa:

wie sichert ihr eigentlich eure Daten vom Handy?

also insbesondere die Android Fraktion.

ich nutze auf meinen Geräten Round Sync in Kombination mit meiner persönlichen #Nextcloud (gemietet).

zusätzlich kann Ich mein älteres Handy noch dank #lineageos mit #Seedvault sichern.

Kalender und Kontakte sind mit der Nextclour synchronisiert und werden dank Fossify Apps auch zusätzlich als Datei gesichert.

ich bin ganz zufrieden.

#backup#unplugtrump#android
Quokka

so as part of my #selfhosting journey I hit my first (expected) accidental blowing-away of important stuff.
Still, I learned that the full-system #backups being written off to my NAS could indeed be restored quickly and easily.
Also, read the doco.

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