Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server

Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by develatio on Monday June 21, 2021 @07:41AM (#27578231)

While, from a technical POV, this sounds fun, I'd really recommend against using an old and cracked phone (which, to add insult to injury, is probably running very outdated and vulnerable software) for backup purposes.

Please, run your backup servers on machines designed to do so, capable of receiving regular software updates, etc...

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by rustymatter on Monday June 21, 2021 @08:53PM (#27586676)

If you don't open any port on your phone to the public internet, I guess it's fine for this use case? Most (if not all) home routers have firewall enabled by default. So your home devices are protected from inbound connections.

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by Anunayj on Monday June 21, 2021 @12:51PM (#27580972)

if one backup is no backup, a backup on a old cracked phone is a backup with a timebomb.

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