parman_the on Nostr: This is really a thing of beauty... When two people have a ParmaDrive, they can agree ...

This is really a thing of beauty...

When two people have a ParmaDrive, they can agree to be ParmaTwins - Each Twin scratches the other's backup, by reserving drive space for automated offsite nightly ParmaSyncs (no trust required).

Their data remains protected with geographical redundancy without relying on cloud services and ongoing fees.

For extra peace of mind, you could do additional manual syncs to a drive that you occasionally bring home to bring up to date, then drive out to the remote location to store it again, but that's tedious AF...

Better just to put an additional twin in your parents' house (triplets now). They don't need to do anything except have an internet connection and a place to put a small box/NUC.

It's not even a risk to your data if theives take a Twin machine, because there is no decrypted data on those drives.

In addition, if your own ParmaDrive is physically stolen, the auto unlock feature is instantly disabled once it leaves your home network, so they'll need your password to unlock the drive.

The weak password you normally have for your operating system is easily bypassed (not even cracked, bypassed), by removing the drive and connecting to another computer, then mounting and reading the data...

Not so with ParmaDrive. The drives themselves are encrypted, so that little trick can't work.

You're data is safe, no one is going to be able to see your sex tapes, or the weird porn you're collecting.

But seriously, having your ID info on Google drive is not ideal, nor are your private home photos/videos, which some pervert employee from iCloud/Google has full access to each night before bed.