I have almost universally replaced WinRAR with 7-Zip. It's faster, offers superior compression, and is completely free. It, too, offers 256-bit AES encryption.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Cloud Storage vs Thumbs & USB 2.5" Drives for Everyday Use Don't really get your point. I work on stuff but it's not critical from the stand point of other people seeing it. That's the only reason I see to encrypt something. I haven't had any problems with people deleting my stuff. So what is the bother? One can certainly spend a lot of time worrying and fretting over the rare. I just got a line2 call from bill (thanks) telling me about WinRAR as a encryption tool. I'll get back to you later, bill, got to go meet the GF (she wants to get a cheap phone). On 2/4/2012 3:44 PM, DSinc wrote: > Anthony, > If 'most of my stuff is unimportant', why to you save/archive it? > I sorta understand 'cloud', but I do still follow Josh's feelings too! > Best, > Duncan > > > On 02/04/2012 15:29, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: >> Yeah..that's a good idea. Most of my stuff is unimportant. >> >> But who's looking at my stuff? Also, what are the ways to encrypt stuff? >> >> On 2/4/2012 3:09 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: >>> Whatever you use, make sure it's encrypted or that you only upload >>> something you don't care might be accessed. >>> On Feb 4, 2012 9:01 AM, "Zulfiqar Naushad"<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dropbox is good but sugarsync is better. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Feb 4, 2012, at 7:44 PM, "Anthony Q. >>>> Martin"<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> With all of the free cloud storage available, I have been seduced >>>> into using it. Now, I rarely use all of my thumb drives and my >>>> 2.5-inch portable drives. It's just too easy to transfer files to >>>> dropbox so that I can work on them from different locations. >>>> >>>> BTW, dropbox is offering an extra 5GB of space to anyone who will >>>> beta test their new photo/movie upload service (you need to get >>>> v1.3.13 of their software and start uploading pics&movies). I now >>>> have 7 GB of storage there (I have cleared them out now as I really >>>> don't need them there, but this is a nice feature if you use a >>>> camera). It's funny too, because the 2GB they offered me for free >>>> had me feeling cramped (which do I always feel cramped when my >>>> storage is low? This is starting to feel like a disorder of sorts >>>> and is the reason why I own so much storage for a single person!!). >>>> They will sell you 50GB for $10/month, which is more space than I >>>> want and certainly more than I want to pay. Now, for free, and a >>>> little bit of effort, I have all the space I feel I need. >>>> >> >
