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How to avoid wasting time encrypting twice? Need to encrypt eHDD and want to encrypt cloud storage. Can I encrypt in place? (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Snowblind45 on 2024-05-31 04:05:54.

Hello, I’ve new this this stuff. I’m trying to improve my data hoarding habits.

Currently I have 2 external HDD identical to each other (5 TB filled). I plan on also storing a copy on Blackblaze Cloud storage. I’ve heard that rclone can encrypt the files as it uploads them to the cloud, amazing! But what about encrypting the drive itself? Do I spend time using rclone to encrypt and upload, then encrypt the drive using maybe veracrypt? Is it possible to encrypt first using veracrypt then simply rclone upload those contents to the cloud?

I’m feeling a bit confused about veracrypt since a tutorial makes it seem like I need to have free space to allocate a virtual partition to encrypt but I don’t have the extra space…is there a way to encrypt in place?

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