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0 pointsGodel_unicode4y ago0 comments

First, adding manual steps to backups is a terrible idea. People already don't do them (which, since you missed it, you should know is actually the problem), and you're suggesting making them error-prone and manual.

Second, where is this idea coming from that corrupted backups are the issue? You're solving a problem that doesn't exist and creating a real one.

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WalterBright4y ago

> Second, where is this idea coming from that corrupted backups are the issue?

When I read about how ransomware encrypted every drive attached to it, and encrypted the backup drives when they were attached. This was why the ransomware waited some length of time before shutting off access to the user - they wanted to get the backup drives encrypted, too.

> You're solving a problem that doesn't exist

Now you know!

Godel_unicodeOP4y ago

Ah, you're talking about home user backups, then sure. I was confused because I thought we were talking about corporate backups and no corporation which does backups does them anything like how you're describing them.

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