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What stupidly easy tech solution do people gloss over all of the time? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it's the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they're being spied. Here's the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won't use it or haven't used it in a while.

They, whoever it is, can't really spy on you on something that's already off and unplugged!

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 73 points 3 months ago (4 children)

If you don't have your files on another physical location you can show me, you don't have a backup, you don't own your files, you basically give your "digital life" to someone else.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Likewise, as the old rule goes, if you don't have a secondary backup, then you don't have a backup.

[–] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, two is one and one is none.

[–] DokPsy@infosec.pub 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use raid 0 for backup.

^/s

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

My RAID5 of 28 disks is ultra safe I tell you

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I've never heard that expression before.

I like it!

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The other day, I was chatting on a Discord server about how people manage their photos, which keep piling up each year. I asked which cloud service they use, and one person replied, 'Save them offline.' That really struck me because I haven't invested in offline storage devices in years, and I realized I wasn't storing anything offline.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This touched me deep

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But that extremely expensive NFT I bought has my name on it, not yours. Therefore it is owned by me and nobody else.

No I won't show it to you.