I suggest you read back in the recent archives. The discussion has been very concerning, but no need repeating it now when its available in the archives.
-----Original Message----- From: Maryjo Harper [mailto:mjohar...@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:37 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback Hi, I'm newly back to the list after several years away. Am coming in on this conversation in the middle, so please forgive duplicate comments and such. I use Dropbox for my immediately real time file saves, synching and reading from all my devices (also has mobile component), but I also use Carbonite for daily backup of everything onto their servers which hold my data in redundant copies on several servers at several physical sites. Have once had to backup from Carbonite. It went very well. Compared to Mozy, which didn't and drove me nuts. So Dropbox is my daily use cloud service and Carbonite is my "vault." Carbonite will also do a mirror image of your entire system, os, programs, settings and all, for some extra money, but so far I haven't done that. I know I should. Also well advised is one's own external local backup, but I haven't had much luck with that. Probably need to buy a larger capacity external drive. Has this subject come up in relation to the epic hack experienced last week by Mat Honan? Where by way of iTunes and Amazon, his entire online, mobile and computer life, everything, even including pictures of his baby daughter, was erased within a matter of about 15 minutes? And unrecoverable? Whoa, what a story. So I've been going back through all my sites eliminating, changing, resetting security in, etc., but it's a long slog. Also, advice is not to fail to establish Google Second Step Authentication, which is supposed to pretty much stop any hack attempts. Since I basically don't trust Google and don't use Google, I'm hesitant. But since my smartphone is Android, I guess I'd better. Mat Honan's story, a cautionary tale if I ever heard one. <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/> Moral of all these stories: multiple backups + intelligent, diligent privacy setting = happy computing & ancestor hunting. Mary Jo -----Original Message----- From: Tim Rosenlof [mailto:spa...@xmission.com] Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 5:52 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback On 8/12/2012 6:16 PM, Charani wrote: > There's no reason why you shouldn't keep doing it the way you are BUT > keep another copy on an external hard drive you can lodge with a > trusted friend or a relative. MJ SA's use of a flash drive is good > because you can keep it in your purse so it's with you all the time - > just in case. If in your purse, I would encrypt it. Identity theft. If you loose that particular device, or purse ..... I am fortunate, I have my bank with a safety box about two minutes from my home. I am just limited by their hours. For me, $28 dollars a year is worth it. As I have mentioned in other posts, I use two portable hard drives that cycle back and forth from my bank. On another note, Anyone used the 'M' disk yet ? Comments if so. -- Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Swedish Research Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
