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What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap

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801 points tnorthcutt | 1 comments | 03 Apr 14 16:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.363s | source
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grannyg00se ◴[03 Apr 14 16:55 UTC] No.7524132[source]▶
Or...How I would run an online backup service completely unrelated to Tarsnap, with different goals, different priorities, and different ideals.
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noir_lord ◴[03 Apr 14 16:58 UTC] No.7524160[source]▶
Yep, I think this is basically the problem with this post, it's Dropbox with an open source client and maybe that is what he doesn't want it to be.
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patio11 ◴[03 Apr 14 17:31 UTC] No.7524482[source]▶
If you think Tarsnap is Dropbox with an open source client (but marketed differently), a) you do not understand the engineering reality of Tarsnap (or you have a very... curious understanding of Dropbox) and b) Colin, please note that your marketing is creating fans who think that Tarsnap is Dropbox with an open source client.
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genwin ◴[03 Apr 14 18:12 UTC] No.7524807[source]▶
How about Dropbox + TrueCrypt, except easier to automate and much cheaper beyond Dropbox's free tier, in exchange for taking the risk on a one-person business?
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vertex-four ◴[03 Apr 14 20:09 UTC] No.7526100[source]▶
You realise that Dropbox isn't a backup system, right?
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genwin ◴[03 Apr 14 21:00 UTC] No.7526613[source]▶
I have a backup file there, so can confirm it does work for that purpose.
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wglb ◴[03 Apr 14 21:21 UTC] No.7526830[source]▶
Um, no.

Delete that file on one device, it is gone from all that share it.

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dennisgorelik ◴[03 Apr 14 22:36 UTC] No.7527513[source]▶
Dropbox preserves history of the file even after file was deleted.

Especially with Packrat feature.

https://www.dropbox.com/help/11/en

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1. genwin ◴[03 Apr 14 23:36 UTC] No.7527928[source]▶
Didn't know, thanks! Also didn't know that (from Dropbox help) "Your files are stored using 256-bit AES encryption". You have to trust them with the keys though.