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Photos and Videos Online Storage (lemmy.tf)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a NAS as my primary photo backup solution and one day someone will make a photo frame that I can point at it and it will just cycle through photos, but until that day, it's just a blackhole of memories. That said, that blackhole is important enough to me that I also back up online.

That said, given the new AI race, it's less safe than ever before and I'm seeking somewhere I can stick my photos and videos really cheaply and securely. Somewhere with pedigree that seems like it would be around in ten years. Also, someone with a modern design team so the app doesn't look like shit (preferably an open source Material You app targetting Android 14) and I can get notifications with daily memories.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But that wouldn’t happen if your NAS is your backup solution, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If OP is attempting a 3-2-1 Backup scheme, this is an irrelevant argument.

OP wants to store a backup in a different physical location while trusting that it won't be used to train AI. They are looking for services that can satisfy that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This. My NAS does a good job. But if it dies, I'll lose everything, hence wanting to backup my NAS photos.

Edit: Good job is stretching it. I need to invest in a new NAS next year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now that makes sense. Didn’t realize we were talking about back ups!

Any reason you don’t just encrypt before backing up?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Not the OP, but I tried encrypting my files before uploading them to OneDrive. Microsoft did not liked that and was constantly bugging me regarding potential threats.

For the moment, lacking any better solution/knowledge, I put DIY encrypted cloud backups on hold (and went back to using iCloud which as far as I understand is encrypted, and as I'd rather not have MS nor Google constantly sniffing my personal files at all) but I will have a look at Hetzner offering. If it's doable for a non-geek like myself to configure a Storage Box for automated backups, I may decide to use that instead. Being EU-based makes it a + as far as I'm concerned.