One can give good advice, and still fail. Institutional system failure mode. It’s all just people. I shared the CISA backup guidance PDF link because Wikipedia [1] did not have a page for it, and so it was most canonical for the "3-2-1
rule". I've created an HN reference for future use as well [2].
If you don’t want to be sad, back up your stuff. If you don’t, you’ll be sad.
Original source: https://x.com/JoshuaKhane/status/2076918699248803977 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911452)
Streamer Joshua Khane said on X that Microsoft permanently locked him out of his account after it was compromised.
My good, when will people finally realize that local accounts are the only rational option?
Like, do people have to learn in such a needlessly painful manner?
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/data_b...
So that's why CISA used github for secret storage (478 points, 182 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48190454
One can give good advice, and still fail. Institutional system failure mode. It’s all just people. I shared the CISA backup guidance PDF link because Wikipedia [1] did not have a page for it, and so it was most canonical for the "3-2-1 rule". I've created an HN reference for future use as well [2].
If you don’t want to be sad, back up your stuff. If you don’t, you’ll be sad.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_backup_terms#Terms...
[2] Data Backup Options [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912185 - July 2026