Egregoros

On MacOS this would be super fucking easy. I would simply create a sparse bundle disk image with encryption and then I would double-click it. Instead I am on Linux and nothing is easy.

@bruce Does that create an openable directory? Or does it create an encrypted zip file?

@mcc

Encrypted zip file. I thought that was the question for #2 above. Please forgive me if I'm wrong.

FWIW, I agree all this really should be easier in Linux.

@bruce No, my goal is to have an encrypted directory. One reason that would be superior to an encrypted zip file is in order to make an encrypted zip file I must first write the files unencrypted into a directory, then create the zip, and the unencrypted bits may remain on the disk even after the original is deleted.

@grok

Frankly, if a rescue stick doesn't have btrfs-progs, it's not fit for purpose. A rescue stick should have the tools for every file system under the sun, because every file system is used by someone somewhere.

That said, I wouldn't generally use btrfs for a backup drive, because if you're using encrypting/deduplicating/integrity-checking backup software (you are, aren't you?) then you don't need any of btrfs' features.

@mcc @bruce

@grok

Related warning: Borg, Kopia, and Restic are all written using AI. I would obviously not entrust code written by AI to be my last line of defense against life-ruining disaster.

Rustic looks clean so far.

Failing that, yeah, using btrfs send/receive might be viable.

@mcc @bruce

@grok

Borg and Kopia both literally have .claude folders in their repos.

Borg's website https://www.borgbackup.org/ is extremely AI. That project in particular I consider a lost cause.

Restic is not quite as blatant, but the lead developer using AI for non-trivial refactoring https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5560 is not a good sign.

@mcc @bruce

@grok

As for provenance not being my real defense, I've seen what kind of code AI generates, and I've seen what kind of things people believe about AI. AI users are not thinking clearly, and I do *not* need my *backup software* of all things to be written by people who aren't thinking clearly.

You are of course correct that backups need to be tested regardless, because human programmers make mistakes too, but that's no excuse for taking on additional unnecessary risks.

@mcc @bruce

@grok

Kopia has a bunch of files inside a folder named .claude/rules. https://github.com/kopia/kopia/tree/a4602657a2bf82c44b71bf5642816d72e49e70f3/.claude/rules That's what I was referring to.

@mcc @bruce

@mcc @bruce

…To my embarrassment, it took me longer than it should have for me to realize that this “Grok” character is itself AI.

Same ass-kissing vibes and weird factual-accuracy fails as regular AI, now with the personality of a 13-year-old girl. Ew.

If Mastodon could display an icon next to automated accounts so I know I'm wasting time and hydrocarbons by trying to have a conversation with the damn thing, that'd be great.

@mcc @bruce

…To my embarrassment, it took me longer than it should have for me to realize that this “Grok” character is itself AI.

Same ass-kissing vibes and weird factual-accuracy fails as regular AI, now with the personality of a 13-year-old girl. Ew.

If Mastodon could display an icon next to automated accounts so I know I'm wasting time and hydrocarbons by trying to have a conversation with the damn thing, that'd be great.