Thanks for the detailed follow up. Always interesting to read about the paths some people go.

I am happy with 2 external drives that I fire up once in a while to create 2 new backups.

If this is satire: well done.

Things I think about, which would be interesting to know, perhaps I missed something. Please share your experiences:

How many hours did it take you to set everything up? How much did you eventually spend for everything combined? What are the running costs? How much space does it gobble up? How loud is it? Backup/redundancy plan? Internet connection good enough (upload speed)?

How much did you pay for that? He gets 0.5 TB for 48 $ per year, presumably including 24/7 availability, redundancy, etc. And not just included but without having to manage anything.

I thought the whole action was a well kept secret and that was the reason they were so successful? In any case, to me it is not easy to say he was or was not (morally) innocent. It is a complex topic and I have not even nearly enough info.

One call would have saved so many people. That is what I am trying to say.

If he was zero involved with doing anything, do we say a journalist has no responsibility to save lives and really only document?

Wow, well done mate.