At 12:46 PM -0500 12/22/2008, Dan wrote: >At 12:09 AM -0500 12/22/2008, Tom Coradeschi wrote: >>At 02:17 AM -0500 12/08/2008, Dan wrote: >>>At 7:51 PM -0500 12/7/2008, Tom Coradeschi wrote: >> >>For 50 bucks a year you can get an account at mozy.com and back up as >>>>much as you want. If your needs are under 2GB, you can get a free >>>>account and use that! >>> >>>As attractive and easy-to-use as these sites are becoming... I'm >>>sorry... These services just turn me OFF. >>> >>>Yea, so they store the data in an encrypted form. But then to >>>provide you with web-based access they have to have the decrypt key >>>ON THEIR SERVERS WITH YOUR DATA! hummmmm. And it just goes >>>down-hill from there. >> >>Ummm, not sure what you're getting at here, Dan. Mozy does not (at >>least not that I am aware of) provide you with "web-based" access. > >According to their FAQ they do.
You are correct, sir! > >You have to use their software, and, per the FAQs on their site, if >>you lose your decrypt key, you are out of luck in terms of getting >>your data back. > >And yet their FAQ also describes getting access to your data even >after your computer has been destroyed. They even have you call >Support to have them manually give you access... Correct. However, as I stated, if you lose or forget your decrypt key (assuming that you don't use the default, which is the same as your login password), you are totally out of luck. http://support.mozy.com/docs/en-user-home-mac/faq/concepts/commissue_lost_key_c.html > >It may be that there is some magic secure way of doing all this, that >they're just not talking about. But ... still, they're an unknown >3rd party... A pretty well known 3rd party, actually. And, as noted, review the above FAQ. -- tom coradeschi [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
