My point with cloud storage encryption is you never know who might gain access. If you don't store anything but legit, benign, non-personal data then not much of an issue. Just remember that even bookmarks can be used against you should become a person of interest. Even if you think there's no reason that you should be, better safe than sorry. On Feb 5, 2012 8:47 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nice info. Thanks. > > On 2/5/2012 9:37 AM, Brian Weeden wrote: > >> There are two different types of encryption protection to keep in mind >> when >> using cloud services. One is encrypted communication between you and the >> service, the other is encryption of the files stored in the cloud service. >> >> To accomplish the first you should be using a SSL connection (https) to >> connect to the cloud service in question. If you are, that means that all >> traffic between your computer and the service is encrypted. So even if >> you >> are sending clear text traffic (such as emails) going over the SSL tunnel >> they are protected. Otherwise, anyone on the same network segment (such >> as >> the same unencrypted WiFi hotspot or many hotels) can see all your >> traffic. >> However, once they arrive at the cloud service, they may no longer be >> protected. In the case of email, it is encrypted when sent from your >> computer to the cloud service (Gmail, Hotmail, etc) but then sent "in the >> clear" from their servers to wherever its final destination is. That's >> where the second layer comes in. If you encrypt the data before sending >> it >> to the cloud service, then it is fully protected no matter what. An >> example of this would be encrypting your email with PGP before sending it >> through Gmail or Hotmail. >> >> If you are looking at a cloud file storage system, you can again do >> either. >> By default, DropBox sends everything over SSL but DropBox itself has the >> encryption keys to be able to decode the data stored on its system. There >> are advantages in doing this because it allows them to avoid storing >> duplicate files and also allows you to share files with others. If you >> use >> JungleDisk in conjunction with Amazon's S3 service, the JD client will >> encrypt all the data before it is sent to Amazon. All Amazon stores is >> random noise, and they have no way to decrypt it. There are third party >> solutions which will do the same thing with DropBox. >> >> In my opinion, you must use SSL whenever communicating with a cloud >> service. Whether or not you add encryption of the data itself on top of >> that is up to you. >> >> --------- >> Brian >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Anthony Q. Martin<[email protected]>** >> wrote: >> >> I think I'll incorporate 7-zip into my program usage. >>> >>> >>> On 2/4/2012 5:28 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: >>> >>> 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: >>>> hardware-bounces@lists.**hardw**aregroup.com<http://hardwaregroup.com> >>>> <hardware-bounces@**lists.hardwaregroup.com<[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> [mailto:hardware-bounces@**lis**ts.hardwaregroup.com<http://lists.hardwaregroup.com> >>>> <hardware-**[email protected].**com<[email protected]> >>>> >] >>>> On Behalf Of Anthony Q. >>>> Martin >>>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 3:01 PM >>>> To: [email protected].****com<hardware@lists.** >>>> hardwaregroup.com <[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. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>
