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Syncing and backing up personal data is still too hard

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Re: Syncing and backing up personal data is still too hard

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Looking at the final diagram in the article, though you've achieved your aim of redundant backup, it certainly ISN'T any simpler. If anything, it's a LOT more complex than simply buying dropbox storage and dumping everything there.

true -- it's more complicated. However I wanted encrypted at rest documents (and that's hard with Dropbox), and I need backup - not just sync, so Dropbox can only provide half the solution.

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