{"id":23,"date":"2015-07-02T17:40:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2019-01-22T13:16:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:16:02","slug":"amazon-cloud-drive-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arqbackup.com\/blog\/amazon-cloud-drive-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Cloud Drive Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can now&nbsp;store your encrypted Arq backups in your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/clouddrive\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Cloud Drive<\/a> account!<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Cloud Drive includes <strong>unlimited<\/strong> storage for $59.99\/year, so you can back up <strong>everything<\/strong>. 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