? :) On 10/2/2012 3:17 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > H > > --- > Raul A. Gallegos > Facebook, Twitter, and Zello username: rau47 > Homepage: http://RaulGallegos.com > > On Oct 2, 2012, at 0:55, Len Burns <len.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Raul, >> >> I use TrueCrypt as well, for many purposes. I am considering a strategy >> such as you describe below so I have access to info on my iPHone. The >> utility that comes up when I search the app store for TrueCrypt is a >> utility called Disk Decipher. Is that what you are using on the iPhone? >> If so, how accessible is it? Thanks much. >> >> Regards, >> -Len >> >> On 9/12/2012 8:43 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >>> Hi all, the recent thread on the tech doctor podcast concerning >>> 1Password has prompted me to write the following. >>> >>> First off, I don't use 1Password, so my comments might be off a bit. I >>> use LastPass and MyKeePass. I won't get into the details of those >>> password managers, but suffice it to say that I feel they are just as >>> good as 1Password. I simply tried those first and see no need to switch >>> to 1Password. So now onto the real reason why I'm writing. >>> >>> It's more about security and what you put on Dropbox and what is safe >>> and what isn't. >>> >>> Many people feel it's ok to put whatever on Dropbox while others only >>> put non-secure stuff, and still others are somewhere in between. >>> >>> What I do in regards to Dropbox is put files in it which I don't >>> particularly care if the Dropbox staff somehow gains access to them. I >>> know for a fact that Dropbox stores files on there even if you delete >>> them. How do I know this? I once erased a folder of 5 good byeello Len and >>> others. This app is a bit weird with the ui at times but is otherwise >>> accessible. It was 1 us dollar when I purchased it. of audio and >>> later needed it for a friend, and so I copied it back over. It had been >>> about 3 months since I had deleted them from Dropbox, yet when I copied >>> them over again, it didn't take hours to upload and update, it only took >>> a few minutes? Why is that? Because Dropbox already had a copy of those >>> files. I also know that if you have a file which is an exact copy of >>> someone else's file even if you are not sharing folders with that >>> person, Dropbox uses the same copy. This allows them to save on disc >>> space over all in the big picture. For example, if I download the iTunes >>> setup file for Windows and put it in my installs folder of Dropbox which >>> I only share with 5 people, and if 100 other people across the world >>> also have this same file in their own private or public space of >>> Dropbox, then Dropbox uses that one copy rather than multiple copies. >>> Some might feel this is a breach of security. I personally feel it's >>> Dropbox using disc space wisely. >>> >>> The one thing I don't do is put a text file of credit card or social >>> security numbers in Dropbox just for the convenience of having access to >>> those from my iPhone. Call me paranoid, but that's the way it is. >>> Instead, what I do is use Truecrypt. Truecrypt is a program which allows >>> you to create a file container of any size and put stuff in it. Think of >>> it like a virtual usb stick. So, I have a 10 Mb Truecrypt container >>> called KeepOut.tc. Yes, only 10 megs in size. I have this file in my >>> dropbox folder and when I want to review personal text files from any of >>> my computers, I simply mount this small 10 meg file and it becomes its >>> own drive. Like drive x maybe. I can then open files, copy files, add >>> files, do whatever I want in my little 10 meg virtual usb stick. When >>> I'm done, I unmount it, that's like using safely remove hardware. The >>> file is updated on Dropbox and closed up and secure again. >>> >>> There is an iphone app which will open Truecrypt files and so if I want >>> access to this data from my iphone, then I simply do the same process >>> from there. >>> >>> Some would say this is too much work for security, but it's worth it to >>> me to take the extra seconds to open the Truecrypt file, look at it, and >>> then close it when I'm done. >>> >>> I do a similar thing with all the documents in my documents folder of my >>> netbook and my pc where I back them up onto a Truecrypt volume and that >>> volume lives in Dropbox. So, it's like my own backup solution. I've >>> written batch files to automatically open the virtual file, copy the >>> changed files from my documents, and then close it. So, in the end it >>> doesn't take much time at all. I'm not the only one who does this >>> because there are various people who have blogged about it and who have >>> shared similar doings in terms of Dropbox, backups, and security. >>> >>> Lastly, I mentioned KeePass as a password manager. This program is >>> available in many different platforms, iOS and Windows for example, and >>> can share the same database. So if I want to get access to a username >>> and password for something, I can use that. The password file itself is >>> encrypted, and so can safely live inside Dropbox where MyKeepass from >>> iOS can read it. >>> >>> Hope that helps, and hope you join the paranoia team. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >
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