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Is stuff online worth saving?

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128 points Brajeshwar | 2 comments | 17 Dec 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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paulpauper ◴[21 Dec 24 15:38 UTC] No.42480243[source]▶
Digital storage is free; yes, save it all
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lxgr ◴[21 Dec 24 16:31 UTC] No.42480545[source]▶
Please do share where I can reliably store my backups for free!
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fragmede ◴[21 Dec 24 16:33 UTC] No.42480556[source]▶
> Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

— Linus Torvalds

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lxgr ◴[21 Dec 24 17:25 UTC] No.42480915[source]▶
But how do I get everyone to mirror my gigabytes of encrypted photo backups?
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1. paulpauper ◴[21 Dec 24 17:51 UTC] No.42481065[source]▶
just upload them to social media accounts. Afik twitter, facebook, and youtube do not have storage limits . no deletion for inactivity either.
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2. lxgr ◴[21 Dec 24 21:56 UTC] No.42482651[source]▶
They don't allow uploading large binary blobs either, though, and steganographically storing gigabytes of data with probably terabytes of overhead sounds like a quick way to get banned.