fullstackhipster

@fullstackhipster@awful.systems

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good games worth buying on play store?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the games I played on Android I think Monument Valley was the only native mobile game that I really enjoyed. I also played Stardew Valley on mobile, that worked quite well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you manage your encryption keys?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, that would clearly defeat the purpose of redundant backups. I remember the passphrases for my backups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you manage your encryption keys?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good catch… and that’s why I keep up-to-date encrypted offline backups in two locations (home and office) always. That should be enough really, but I’ve been thinking about swapping one of those drives with a third backup at one of my relatives’ house from time to time, just to make irrecoverable failure even less likely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you manage your encryption keys?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are may ways to go about this. These keyfiles are extra sensitive because (a) they provide access to everything and (b) losing them can block access to everything. Personally, I keep those types of files unencrypted in a directory that stays 100% offline (encrypted backups to external disks only). But there’s no reason not to back those files up to an encrypted online repository (where you trust the encryption). Just make sure that’s not your only backup of those files for obvious reasons.

  A good practice to avoid painting yourself in a corner is to test your backups: Switch off your PC / server, put your mobile devices in a drawer (pretend they’re gone), borrow / wipe a cheap laptop. How do you access your backup files using just that laptop?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Need to Talk About the State of Calendar Software on Desktop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  *laughs in khal*