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Why encrypted backup is so important

Matthew Green · 7 Dec 2022 · blog.cryptographyengineering.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Nobody chose cloud backup: a handful of Silicon Valley executives made the choice for everyone in pursuit of adoption metrics.

    Their wordsA handful of Silicon Valley executives made the choice for us, in pursuit of adoption metrics and a “magical” user experience.
    Interesting

  2. Our reading

    Default cloud backup has quietly put a copy of nearly everyone’s private papers in a few data centres, and that is a surveillance weapon.

    Their wordsIt terrifies me, because these data repositories are not only a risk to individual user privacy, they’re effectively a surveillance super-weapon.
    Interesting