You can use the free version. Setup another computer with sufficient capacity, so probably 6x 4TB external drives in a ZFS system of something like that. Make the first backup locally. Then move the computer to another location.

Only catch with these local backups - it seems to be that when CP goes offline (bankrupt), even the local backups won't work anymore. Just disconnect the network cable from the backup server, and then try to restore a file from the local backup to test this. I use CP myself, and haven't seen anything that compares in price, but this "feature" is something I really don't like.

Doors... to protect that money!

Money... to pay for the gas and the doors to keep the heat inside!

No, but it could result in the year of the Linux Desktop!

Yes, if they open source it!

FTFY!

I use Kaspersky for family computers, $40 for 3 computers yearly I believe. Before I used Avast, until it started to get annoying. I forced her to use Firefox when she started using a computer, and installed Adblock and some other addons that keep browsing safe without annoying her with popups. You can even install Noscript in such a way that it blocks a known list of sites and scripts, without ever asking for new scripts. If she had to buy a new computer, I would use the old Windows 7 install disc and remove Windows 8 right away. I have moved her from Office 2003 to OpenOffice and LibreOffice. If I had to move her to Linux, I would start with finding out a setup in a VM that looks most similar to what she uses now, then install that but only if it was an LTS version.

My mother is 81, started using a computer about 15 years ago, first Windows 98, then 2000, XP and now 7. From 98 to XP I always used the same (classic) interface. When moving to 7 I tried to make it as "classic" as possible, but MS messed this up. I don't understand that they have absolutely no clue about older people having troubles moving to new interfaces. Was it so much trouble to keep the classic interface?

I installed Mozilla/Firefox and Eudora from the beginning, removed IE from the desktop. She still uses Eudora (which does not install in 7 if I remember correctly, but you can just copy the install folder from XP and that's all). I tried to install Thunderbird once, but she didn't like the buttons. That was years ago. Now Eudora starts to show signs of age as well, and I'm in doubt what to do. I don't like Thunderbirds layout.

I moved her from Office 2003 to OpenOffice and then LibreOffice without much trouble. I helped her get a new mobile phone recently, and I hate the fact that this phone will probably not be available anymore in three or five years, and then she'll have to get used to a different phone. So I'm going to buy a second one, just in case. Same with de house phone. How difficult can that be? Well it can! So another set that has to be doubled.

When this computer is finished and Windows 7 is done, and there is nothing left but a Windows 8 interface, I'm afraid I have to move her to Linux as well. Then I hope to find an LTS version that stays up to date for five or seven years, with a classic gnome interface or maybe something like mint. My goal is to keep changes as minimal as possible, but in the current world, this is a difficult task.

Just let them believe that they are going to invade Europa (the continent) and they will probably stand in line to support this idea.

So if I use a VPN as proxy service, what does that mean? Does this all mean that they could decrypt all traffic and see what I do without me knowing it? How can I be sure that this isn't happening?

Yeah right! Beobunnies run faster than that!

He clearly needs to reconfigure his extended memory.

Mick Jagger is the degree of freedom needed to give this article some mass. And if this confuses you - see the comic! ;-)

I really dislike the link to my phone number, plus them uploading my contacts. I use a different phone number for WA only. So the sim that is linked to WA is not in the phone that uses WA. Then I block the contacts from WA, but that block hasn't worked always, so they got what they wanted anyway.

Non-cloudness? Is that true? So if I send you a message while you are offline, and I go offline immediately before you get online, the message is not delivered? It will only work when both are online? I don't think so, but I haven't tested it. I'm pretty sure that WA can see all your messages. Plus they store all your contacts, so they can notify anyone who registered that is in that list.

You're confusing two things. OpenWhatsApp is an OSS implementation of the WA app. It uses their network, and they still get your data. The only difference is that you don't use the official app, which can have its advantages, like making sure that it doesn't misuse personal data.

Wazapp is another app, another network, and it may be open source, but that still doesn't mean that you can trust them with your data.

I heard OSX has the same problem.

@Apple: Admit that it exists (plus give advice how to prevent problems) or let us know that OSX is safe.