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Seagate Introduces External Hard Drive That Automatically Backs Up To Amazon's Cloud (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the devil-is-in-the-details dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Seagate and Amazon have partnered up on a $99 1TB external hard drive that automatically backs up everything stored on it to the cloud. The Seagate Duet drive's contents are cloned to Amazon Drive, so you can be pretty confident that your important stuff will be safe. Getting set up with the cloud backup process requires plugging in the drive, signing in with your Amazon account -- and that's pretty much it, from the sounds of it. Drag and drop files over, and you'll be able to access them from the web or Amazon's Drive app on smartphones and tablets. If you're new to the Drive service, Seagate claims you'll get a year of unlimited storage just for buying the hard drive, which normally costs $59.99 annually. Amazon's listing for the Duet (the only way to buy it right now) confirms as much, but there's some fine print: Offer is U.S.-only; Not valid for current Amazon Drive Unlimited Storage paid subscription customers; You've got to redeem the promo code within two months of buying the hard drive if you want the year's worth of unlimited cloud storage; If you return the Duet, Amazon says it will likely reduce your 12 months of unlimited Drive storage down to three, which beats taking it away altogether, I guess.

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  1. This is great! by 110010001000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This will go along nicely with my Amazon Echo, which is very popular. Everyone has one and they are very useful. You should get one too. Right now the Amazon Echo is on Sale at amazon.com. Get it now! You will be glad you did.

    1. Re:This is great! by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is it as popular as Bennett Haselton?

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  2. Wow! by fluffernutter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I don't even have to get malware for this kind of service!

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  3. Seriously? by deadwill69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    But it's a Seagate. Of course you would want another copy of it somewhere else. I've seen nothing on the warranty so I guess the cloud is the warranty too?

  4. Re:That's wonderful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They don't waste time with encryption. Their drives are designed to fail within 90 days. That's the real security feature right there.