Swapping encrypted off-site backups with a stranger
A storage setup can use an encrypted copy stored by another person as an . The basic idea is a trade: another person keeps a copy of your data, and you keep a copy of theirs.
This gives both sides a backup outside the home or office, so one local failure does not wipe out everything. The model is similar to -style , where people share storage capacity across many machines.
Payment could be money, or it could be an exchange where each person stores part of someone else’s data. Filecoin is mentioned as a related option, but no concrete experience or judgment is included.
Key points
- The idea is to store an encrypted copy of your data with another person.
- Each side would also store the other person’s backup data in return.
- The goal is an outside the home or office.
- The approach is compared to -style .
- Filecoin is mentioned as a possible related service, but no usage results are given.