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May 2024

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Where to put images for README.md, FAQ.md, CONTRIBUTING.md and other docs in our Github repo?
by BiT dev 15 May '24

15 May '24

To fix an issue I want to add a screen shot to our FAQ.md. Into which folder shall I put the screen shot file in our Github repo? I would suggest one of these names as new folder under root - assets - images - pics - res(ources) What are your proposals? PS: Moving all *.md into a separate repo would also work (to separate code from docs) but requires more work to do I guess (move files + add and change links)

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Does Back In Time need encryption?
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hello, this is an X-Post [1]. The background of this discussion is about marking EncFS as deprecated because of security issues and remove it in some years if no contributor jumps in to replace it with something else (e.g. GoCrypt). It's just a thought that came to mind. It's not a concrete suggestion. But of course, I'm interested in your opinion on it. Isn't it one of the key features of BIT, compared to other backup tools, that you can access the backup itself without using your backup tool? The backup is just a bunch of files and folders you can use and investigate with your regular file system tools. But when you use EncFS (or another way of encryption) this features is lost. I have not used EncFS in the wild. I might be wrong. If EncFS really is the reason for losing this feature I ask myself if it wouldn't be "better" for BIT to really remove EncFS and not replace it with something else. It would give BIT a more focused set of features and behavior. Encryption is another job a user should achieve with another tool; e.g. encrypted file system container or an encrypted filesystem (some LUKS magic). I am aware that there are lot of backup tools out there offering encryption. But these tools producing a backup in a format that can be used (and restored) only with the backup tool itself. So this is a another group of users targeted here. Marking EncFS as deprecated and reading the reactions of users about it will give us an idea about how much needed such a feature is. Best, Christian Buhtz [1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/1549#issuecomment-2095373077>

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