Yup. Someone else pointed out that having separated, incremental backups gives you the ability to revert to an older, non-compromised one, should that happen. (Like a Git commit.)
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what happens when I am infected? Wouldn't rsync or equivalent simply sync the encrypted files to the cloud service?
Yup. Someone else pointed out that having separated, incremental backups gives you the ability to revert to an older, non-compromised one, should that happen. (Like a Git commit.)