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<font size="+1"><font face="Arial">And you can always encrypt your
backed-up volume to ensure its security. You can also use an external
storage device to do incremental, differential, or complete backups of
both your system and your data (separation is recommended as it is
easier to recover your system and you wouldn't want to loose both of
them simultaneously upon a disk crash, I use two separate disks in my
PC). Local storage cost is competitive to that of online. You can
backup with a push-of-a-button, which I don't like since it might
depend on unknown software behind the button (I mean it could fail to
restore when you most and only need that); or using a recognizable
desktop software like "Acronis" (but then you store one or more 'coded'
archive files, and you're only sure upon your first restoration), or
just simply doing a delete-copy-paste-etc. (most aggravating and disk
consuming but also assuring as you get to see your files). You can also
backup using a mass storage email service like gmail. Just protect your
private data 'best' with PGP before submitting it to third parties. <br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Khaled<br>
<br>
Just for extropian thought, re trusted third parties: "If it is third,
how could it be trusted!" :)<br>
Noting that, I did work for a trusted third party, and every network
service provider is, where we took all stringent measures to protect
out customers' privacy and security. Actually even security services
may be outsourced. The decision is up to the user.<br>
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Natasha Vita-More wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:20071130180116.BYL12162.hrndva-omta03.mail.rr.com@natasha-39y28ni.natasha.cc"
type="cite">At 09:23 AM 11/30/2007, Stefano wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">You can already use, for
free,
Gmail, through a Firefox extension called Gspace.</blockquote>
<br>
Silly me, but I feel more confident contracting out, signing a legal
agreement and actually paying for a services that is going to hold all
my
private/personal material. <br>
<br>
Natasha<x-sigsep></x-sigsep>
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<dd><font size="2"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.natasha.cc/"> Vita-More</a>
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<dd><font size="2">PhD Candidate, Planetary Collegium - CAiiA,
situated in the
Faculty of Technology, </font></dd>
<dd><font size="2">School of Computing, Communications and
Electronics, </font></dd>
<dd><font size="2">University of Plymouth, UK </font></dd>
<dd><font size="2"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts &
Culture</a> </font></dd>
<dd><font size="2"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://extropy.org/">Thinking About the
</a><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://extropy.org/">Future</a>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in
the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective.
-
</i>Buckminster Fuller<br>
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