This is one of the reasons why I value my data to be public. There are some things that I unfortunately consider sensitive and so don’t want to make public, but many other things are shareable for me, and so I make sure to share them around.

For example: my git repos. The important ones are all public, and mirrored on the servers of many providers. If I somehow lose all my passwords (and it shouldn’t happen, considering that I have a good backup plan for my password database file)… a good part of my data is public, I can just download it, then restore it to some new accounts.

Same goes for things I like to write (my blog for example is public and mirrored), some photos and videos (but not with me or other private people as the subject), maybe memes, minor thoughts, and things like that (my Mastodon profile is public)… and that’s pretty much it.

And this strategy, for me, can be even more calming if I not only accept that other people might archive or reshare my data, but even encourage it (by clearly marking things as available under a libre license).

Anyways, for my sensitive/private data (including my password db) I have a complex backup strategy, too long to share in detail here for now.

Am I worrying too much about losing data? xD