rsync by itself provides no encryption, and i wouldn't use just rsync by itself. That's probably what he meant.
You should use something else with rsync that encrypts the data before uploading it to a server that you don't own physically.
Or use restic, which takes care of the uploading part too, so you can skip using rsync altogether.
rsync by itself provides no encryption, and i wouldn't use just rsync by itself. That's probably what he meant.
You should use something else with rsync that encrypts the data before uploading it to a server that you don't own physically.
Or use restic, which takes care of the uploading part too, so you can skip using rsync altogether.