Not sure where you’re looking, seeing a lot better prices than what you have.

Try

https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca&condition=new&disk_types=external_hdd,external_hdd25,internal_hdd,internal_hdd25,internal_sshd,internal_sas

Not sure where you’re looking, seeing a lot better prices than what you have.

Try

https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca&condition=new&disk_types=external_hdd,external_hdd25,internal_hdd,internal_hdd25,internal_sshd,internal_sas

Multiple days and using usb3? The drive is garbage, throw it out. It’s probably taking so long due to multiple bad sectors and crazy amounts of retrying. What does SMART say?

Sounds like your drive is faulty, return it

Long term? Certainly not cloud.

Hard drives that get rotated, and LTO, in 3 different locations

I’m sorry, but what? Fingerprint sensors on iPhones don’t fail if not used for a while. I can find no evidence of that.

As for my situation, I’ve only detailed one aspect, I have other available avenues including copies in my desk at work and a personal safe.

As for loosing a safety deposit box key, that’s a nothingburger, it happens all the time. Yes one would have to prove their identity to the bank to get the lock drilled out, so what? Wife’s name is on the box, so no biggie, heck the bank even specifies the ‘drill out’ charge in the contract I signed.

As for ‘trusting’ the government, I don’t understand your point. What I don’t trust is a rogue employee at the bank, or someone convincing the bank they are me. I NEVER leave anything in the clear, always have at least a few stages to invoke the Swiss cheese model

Fingerprint usb key in a safety deposit box at my bank is how I handle things