[Desktop-packages] [Bug 957857] Re: No way to change password for a backup set

** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957857 Title: No way to change password for a backup set Status

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 957857] Re: No way to change password for a backup set

Better way of encrypting backups would be something like this: 1. Generate a random key for backup encryption. 2. Encrypt the generated key with a password provided by the user. 3. Save the encrypted key with backups. Now if the user wants to change the password, only the key file needs to be

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 957857] Re: No way to change password for a backup set

** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957857 Title: No way to change password for a backup set Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 957857] Re: No way to change password for a backup set

I agree this is the case and that it would be nice if it weren't so. But one thing that Deja Dup assumes is that it can't run code on the backend (due to support for cloud locations like Amazon S3 and Ubuntu One). So it would involve downloading all the files, un-encrypting, re- encrypting,