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Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting comparison price when something like Sia is so cheap per TB (4 dollars). Will be interesting to see how it developers.

I think $20/TB*month is exactly what GCP charges, and is probably on par with what Amazon charges.

True. That's what makes Sia intriguing

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

#13
You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional reporting a root breach bug.

For your secure backups, I can suggest Tarsnap by Colin Percival, who's a security expert and a frequent contributor on Hacker News. I don't get anything for recommending Tarsnap; I'm just a customer. https://www.tarsnap.com/

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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post #13

You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional reporting a root breach bug. For your secure backups, I can suggest Tarsnap by Colin Percival, who's a security expert and a frequent contributor on Hacker News. I don't get anything for recommending Tarsnap; I'm just a customer. https://…

Damn! Thanks for the info. I don't get these companies. That person should be thanked and not deplatformed.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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post #13

You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional reporting a root breach bug. For your secure backups, I can suggest Tarsnap by Colin Percival, who's a security expert and a frequent contributor on Hacker News. I don't get anything for recommending Tarsnap; I'm just a customer. https://…

This is really awesome! I will definitely try this out. Thanks again.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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post #13

You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional reporting a root breach bug. For your secure backups, I can suggest Tarsnap by Colin Percival, who's a security expert and a frequent contributor on Hacker News. I don't get anything for recommending Tarsnap; I'm just a customer. https://…

DO will also use "machine learning" and "AI" to shut down your machines or terminate your account if your usage pattern is disliked.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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post #13

You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional reporting a root breach bug. For your secure backups, I can suggest Tarsnap by Colin Percival, who's a security expert and a frequent contributor on Hacker News. I don't get anything for recommending Tarsnap; I'm just a customer. https://…

DO will also use "machine learning" and "AI" to shut down your machines or terminate your account if your usage pattern is disliked.

Has this been happening already? I have been using this script for about 4 months now, and I had no problems yet. I do syncing once a day.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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Note, it's not bidirectional sync right now: > All I need to do is write a Bash script that does the reverse and downloads from remote server to local folder.

True!

All I need to do is reverse parameters.

Documentation states:

s3cmd sync LOCAL_DIR s3://BUCKET[/PREFIX] or s3://BUCKET[/PREFIX] LOCAL_DIR

But I need to test it out before I post that solution.

Re: Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces

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I wouldn't trust that script too much: there is no error checking at all.

What happens when s3cmd fails and after two months you discover the "Vault sync succeded" emails you have been getting were all illusory?

If the author is reading: please take the time to update your example, including proper error checking (at least "set -eu"), otherwise the people on the internet that are going to copy your script are in for a hard time.

Skeleton of the "incriminated" script:

  #!/bin/bash
  [...]
  s3cmd sync ...
  [...]
  notify-send [...] "Vault sync succeded [...]"
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