Message-ID: <6893c5d3@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Linux PC Acting Up? How To Check For Bad Blocks On A Hard Drive - Before It's Too Late Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <106ed70$3g63g$1@dont-email.me> <106hsfk$bt9r$1@news1.tnib.de> <106ic3q$d6ma$1@news1.tnib.de> <106jk5i$nd9d$3@dont-email.me> <7r60mlx3b.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <106tv64$30re5$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20250707 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 7 Aug 2025 07:14:59 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 17 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70507 c186282 wrote: > Note - ALWAYS pre-encrypted before sending to cloud. > Encrypt local, random name, copy to DBx, Rename > re-date and whatever else is possible afterwards. > OpenSSL can do most of the security stuff. I just > do NOT believe claims of their own 'security'. > Send 'em binary garbage. Sure, although keep in mind that one day in the future they might be able to decrypt even your old self-encrypted files easily, like encrypted files from the 1990s can be today. Even if they say that data is deleted, there's no way to be sure that someone didn't keep/steal a copy. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#