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It's A Digital Disease!

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DeForzo on 2025-04-13 21:58:22.

Hello guys,

I have a few TB's of data I want to store long term (30+ years), but I have a feeling of uncertainty and doubt with keeping it stored anywhere right now.

I have been to prison once, and the police took every piece of tech from my house (i got into a major fight in someones house and the police thought it was drug related). I got all my tech back later including my hard drive, but I don't trust myself anymore with it basically.

Also keeping it stored with any company makes it feel a little unsave, because last time I went to prison I could not pay my server bill and all my data I had there got deleted.

Probably will never go to prison again, but the experience traumatized me, so wherever I put my data, it feels unsave. It's a lot of family photo's I want semi regular access to (weekly/monthly).

To be honest I just want to make a few hard drive copies and hand them out to my family members so everyone has a copy, but this seems overkill,

Has anybody else experienced this irrational fear, and what have you done about it?

Are there any actual ways to store my data long term without fear of loss if I'm away again for a long time (I don't care if it's publicly exposed to the internet if that helps)

TLDR: I have an irrational fear of losing my data, anyone else experience this? Any suggestions/solutions?

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