Ask HN: A middle ground for backup services

4 points by dylz 12y ago ↗ HN

I have a non technical friend that needs to back up some private documents (passport scans, paystubs, etc). Is there something client-side encrypted, close to transparent for the end-user?

I would normally recommend tarsnap for a case like this but there is no way he will be able to figure that out.

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rabino 12y ago ↗

If he's on a Mac, Arq is a great solution.

http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/

fasteo 12y ago ↗

http://www.backblaze.com/

lazylizard 12y ago ↗

backblaze has 30 days retention only?

lazylizard 12y ago ↗

https://www.airbackup.com/ ??? any of the iaso backup resellers? i kind suspect airbackup is one since it looks so much like iaso..

lazylizard 12y ago ↗

perhaps crashplan..

lazylizard 12y ago ↗

oh. and duplicati!

dylz 12y ago ↗

Thanks for the suggestions.

- airbackup (minimum $79), too high

- Arq - not a mac (windows 8.1u1 + ubuntu for banking)

- crashplan, backblaze, carbonite - looking into this, more specifically the client side crypto parts

- spideroak - UI is really really unfriendly to "newbies"

apawloski 12y ago ↗

What about simply using TrueCrypt + S3? Encrypt through one GUI, upload through a second?

staunch 12y ago ↗

Move those files to USB/DVD and rely on physical security.

jlgaddis 12y ago ↗

I'm not sure if it's still around or popular but I used Jungle Disk several years ago. The Windows client allowed you to configure your own encryption keys (files are encrypted locally before being uploaded) and S3 is the backend.

It was similar to Dropbox in that you can just move files to your Jungle Disk folder and everything happens automatically and transparently.