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Topic: Best methods for an offsite backup? - page 2. (Read 659 times)

legendary
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April 12, 2019, 11:17:20 PM
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You can also add an extension (like .jpg) and rename your encrypted wallets into tentacle_rape.jpg.
Put it in a folder, add a couple of real porn images with unsettling file names then compress it into an encrypted rar/7zip file with a much stronger passphrase.
When someone got his hands on the file and tried to view the contents, he will just see file names of "personal" images and might just leave it since it's encrypted.

That's one example, you can use a different set of "regular" file types of your choice like .mp3 (for 2-5mb wallet files) or .mp4 (for huge wallet files).
[Encrypted rar files can't be previewed, file names are just listed]

One alternative to CryptoSteel™ is to Tatoo your BIP38 Password-encrypted Private key to your Pelvic Area, safe from house fire or tear down.
That way, only your spouse (or a prostitute) can see your encrypted key Grin
legendary
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April 12, 2019, 10:21:12 PM
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I was wondering about the best methods for creating an offsite backup. Most of the suggestions online are to store the seed/private key in some other safe space (bank safe, parent's home, etc). Unfortunately none of these are viable options for me. I have various backups (USBs, seed written down) however if my home was completely destroyed I would most likely lose the majority of my coins. I don't expect it to happen, but I've been thinking of figuring out an offsite backup just in case.

My current thoughts are creating an encrypted version of my wallets locally with a very strong password, and then uploading it online to a storage provider with encryption. Probably ProtonMail as that's that I actively use at the moment. This should be fairly secure as the wallet would be under two layers of encryption if ProtonMail is to be trusted, and still under a single strong layer of encryption if ProtonMail is compromised.

I've also considered getting a CryptoSteel but it's fairly expensive and it still wouldn't be offsite.

Any thoughts on my plan and/or possible alternative options?


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