datahoarder
Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
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What cloud storage providers would you recommend?
@christophski
i prefer not to recommend specific storage providers, as i can't ensure they'll keep being good in the future and won't suddenly fail taking all data with them.
Still, like other data hoarders probably already told you, ensure that a single provider doesn't hold the only copy of your data and that the files you put on them are encrypted, so that weirdos don't go snooping in your privates.
I'd also advise choosing providers that support standard protocols like s3, sftp, webdav or similar, so that you can use an external tool to manage your data and migrate more easily in case you need to switch.
now, it always depends exactly what you need it for, i was talking about keeping personal files i care about in the cloud, you could need something different for another purpose, but it would get too long for a comment on lemmy
Thanks!