Post by curious guyI am thinking of using the Mozy paid backup service as my primary
backup system. I have some concerns.
What country are the Mozy servers located in? How well are the
privacy right of individuals protected in that country?
I do not know where their servers are, but according to Mozy website, their
HQ are located in the USA, therefore they are subjected to USA law as well.
Post by curious guyCan Mozy employees look at my files?
Higly likely
Post by curious guyWould it be safe for me to
backup financial and medical information on Mozy without encrypting
it? Does Mozy check to see if I have copyrighted materials in my
backup set?
I do not think they would have the time to check on people's files,
but they may come across your files OR FILE NAMES and view them while
doing server maintenance, checking logs,etc...
Post by curious guyI have a large number of nude pictures. I think they are all legal
but I am not totally sure. I keep these pictures in TrueCrypt
containers.
If you are downloading pictures from the internet you should be careful
about the internet traces left in your hard disk and consider full disk
encryption with Truecrypt too.
False child porn charges are very common in places such as the UK or
Australia,
fake child porn is widely used by western governments to destroy privacy
rights.
Some Governments such as the UK introduced last year a new law by which
cartoon possession became illegal,
increasing the number of so called "child porn" images by a ten fold and
giving extra
powers to the police to control the flood of new child porn images that
they had created themselves
with the new law.
If you need to hide your data out of your home in case of a police raid by
some fascist Government in search
fake child porn, I recommend you get a very small USB thumbdrive, encrypt
it with Truecrypt then hide that
thumbdrive somewhere far from your computer room, ideally somewhere that
needs screws to be opened and it is
not likely to be taken away in case of police raid (ie not the computer),
such as inside your TV, inside your
hifi, inside a fan, etc...
Example of where to back up your data:
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Post by curious guyIf I backup my container files to Mozy, will they notify
law enforcement that I have encrypted data?
No they will not, since holding encrypted data is not illegal, but holding
pictures that they may "believe" to be illegal will most likely be
reported.
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Mozy Privacy policy:
http://mozy.com/privacy
"Legal Requirements
Decho does not disclose Personal Data, including the data you back up with
the Service, unless disclosure is necessary to comply with an enforceable
government
request such as a warrant.
"Cookies and Passive Data Collection
Decho automatically receives and records information on our server logs
from your browser,
including your IP address, cookie information, and the page you request."
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