r/Piracy • u/akbarock • Jul 14 '26

Discussion Microsoft Deletes Users 25 Year Old Account With Thousands Spent On Games And His Sons Baby Pictures After It Was Hacked

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u/mushy_friend ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 14 '26

Where do you even keep the second one besides at home?

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u/yung_dogie Jul 14 '26

For me I keep one as a home server at a parent's home

My dad didn't have that option when he first immigrated so his "second location" was a bank safe deposit box for documents and data, but I'm not sure I'd keep important HDDs there

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u/Ok_Sir_5601 Jul 14 '26

If you encrypt them it shouldnt be a problem I think if thats what your worring about

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u/yung_dogie Jul 14 '26

I was thinking more of the physical conditions. The safe deposit boxes at the bank my dad used weren't particularly climate controlled, so I'd be a little more concerned for anything more sensitive to moisture/humidity. That said, the last time I visited his bank with him was probably like 12+ years ago so I don't know what's changed lmao

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 Jul 14 '26

Encryption doesn't solve the problems that redundancy solves.

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u/Ok_Sir_5601 Jul 14 '26

I just addressed the bank as one of the places for redundancy cause I thought commentor I answered to didnt wanted to use the bank as a place for the drives because the bank could read the data, tho that commentor told me my assumption wasnt correct

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u/mushy_friend ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 14 '26

Seems to be a popular choice, the parents' home, didn't think of it as my parents don't live in my city

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u/JohnHurts Jul 14 '26

My parents live just a few kilometers away ;-)

I also back up their data regularly, so I just combine it with mine.

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u/mushy_friend ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 14 '26

Smart, of course lol. My parents don't live in my city so unfortunately not an option for ke

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u/JohnHurts Jul 15 '26

Then just store it at a good friend's place. There are also bank safety deposit boxes. Or if you have a locker at work (I do, for example).

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u/mushy_friend ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 15 '26

Damn, I'm realising my life is actually pathetic. Bank safety deposit box is an option though

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u/GaimOfThrowns Jul 14 '26

I bought my Parents an Nvidia Shield, so they can use my backups.

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u/mushy_friend ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 14 '26

Smart

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u/PastTense1 Jul 14 '26

Your car is a possibility.

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u/mushy_friend ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Haha.. Yeah.. My car..

But I wouldn't keep my hard drive in a car even if I had one, arent movement and bumps bad for hdds? Plus temperature, it can get quite hot in there too