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Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by vermilingua »

jka wrote: post #16

This is charitable of cpervica and tarsnap; that said, for many people, it's probably easier and safer (and you'll receive greater legal protection, long-term) to proceed by uploading your (even pre-encrypted) documents to Google Drive or a similar cloud-based storage system. Don't get me wrong - I like encryption and pushing the envelope for what's possible in terms of keeping content private for the general public.…

> But I get a weird sense that this is like some kind of phishing-for-valuable-(meta)data expedition.

RTFA. This isn’t a sales pitch, he’s forgiving payments for those who have more important things to worry about than checking the expiry date on their CC.

Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by thijsvandien »

jka wrote: post #16

This is charitable of cpervica and tarsnap; that said, for many people, it's probably easier and safer (and you'll receive greater legal protection, long-term) to proceed by uploading your (even pre-encrypted) documents to Google Drive or a similar cloud-based storage system. Don't get me wrong - I like encryption and pushing the envelope for what's possible in terms of keeping content private for the general public.…

It is clearly stated that this is a gesture to existing customers who would like to keep their backups but can't pay right now, or even think about that.

Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by marginalia_nu »

jacquesm wrote: post #19
marginalia_nu wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Moscow suffers a nuclear strike by NATO, none of us will have kids to care about.

Are you suggesting NATO would commit a nuclear first strike against Moscow? That's beyond insane. I can see Putin doing something like that but NATO not in a lifetime.

I don't think it particularly realistic, I was responding to this sentence:

> If Moscow will suffer a nuclear strike by NATO to decapitate the Russian government, these people will have no kids to care about.

Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by jka »

thijsvandien wrote: post #22
jka wrote: post #16

This is charitable of cpervica and tarsnap; that said, for many people, it's probably easier and safer (and you'll receive greater legal protection, long-term) to proceed by uploading your (even pre-encrypted) documents to Google Drive or a similar cloud-based storage system. Don't get me wrong - I like encryption and pushing the envelope for what's possible in terms of keeping content private for the general public.…

It is clearly stated that this is a gesture to existing customers who would like to keep their backups but can't pay right now, or even think about that.

I understand the nature of the gesture, thank you.

Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by jka »

vermilingua wrote: post #21
jka wrote: post #16

This is charitable of cpervica and tarsnap; that said, for many people, it's probably easier and safer (and you'll receive greater legal protection, long-term) to proceed by uploading your (even pre-encrypted) documents to Google Drive or a similar cloud-based storage system. Don't get me wrong - I like encryption and pushing the envelope for what's possible in terms of keeping content private for the general public.…

> But I get a weird sense that this is like some kind of phishing-for-valuable-(meta)data expedition. RTFA. This isn’t a sales pitch, he’s forgiving payments for those who have more important things to worry about than checking the expiry date on their CC.

Thank you, I have read the content and it certainly does not read like a sales pitch.

Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by jacquesm »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #23
jacquesm wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you suggesting NATO would commit a nuclear first strike against Moscow? That's beyond insane. I can see Putin doing something like that but NATO not in a lifetime.

I don't think it particularly realistic, I was responding to this sentence: > If Moscow will suffer a nuclear strike by NATO to decapitate the Russian government, these people will have no kids to care about.

I don't see that happening. If they would do that it would instantly annihilate any support for NATO the world over. First user of nuclear weapons today is going to go down in history - assuming there will be anybody left to write it - as worse than Hitler.

Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by oneoff786 »

baybal2 wrote: post #11
dmitrygr wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Protesting against the government in Russia is a jailable offense. People have families, kids, lives. To most citizens of Russia, this war is pointless and they do not want it. But actually protesting it lands them in jail, possibly their families too. Are you suggesting that they abandon all of that just cause a website tells them that? Or is it your point that collective punishment works (it doesn't)? Or maybe you…

Cynism, and cowardise is a diet of tyrants. Even 1% of Russian male population is a number bigger than Russia's combat troops number, and 10% will overwhelm the full force of the military. If Moscow will suffer a nuclear strike by NATO to decapitate the Russian government, and prevent a coordinated first strike, these people will have no kids to care about. This is what people's power can do: https://youtu.be/OCorwQT…

What about 500 rpgs

Re: Free Tarsnap Backups for Ukrainians

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Post by megous »

jacquesm wrote: post #27
marginalia_nu wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it particularly realistic, I was responding to this sentence: > If Moscow will suffer a nuclear strike by NATO to decapitate the Russian government, these people will have no kids to care about.

I don't see that happening. If they would do that it would instantly annihilate any support for NATO the world over. First user of nuclear weapons today is going to go down in history - assuming there will be anybody left to write it - as worse than Hitler.

That seemed to have happened to the first user, you know?!
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