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Client-side encryption? I don't think that solves a real problem. If it's that sensitive, I would not be putting it on Dropbox anyway. edit: be nicer.
by FreshCode 14y ago
Client-side encryption? I don't think that solves a real problem. If it's that sensitive, I would not be putting it on Dropbox anyway.
edit: be nicer.
- tluyben2 14y agoWell it does solve a problem for me; I want my sensitive files to be backed up as well. How often do I read stories of people who have EVERYTHING backed up in the cloud but their sensitive files and at first disaster they are screwed, because well, they have everything in the cloud besides the files they ACTUALLY needed for day to day work. And encryption is strong enough to do this. Where do you put your sensitive files as backup? Harddrive? CD/DVD? USB stick. Problem is that that's not very safe :) I have been backing up on harddrives (applies to cd/dvd/usb as well) since begin 90s and thus I have quite a LOT of harddrives. Time passes and those harddrives get into cupboards, you kind of forget them. When you need them they are often corrupt (esp USB sticks!), but you forget about the older ones after a while (20 years is quite a bit; you'll have kids in that time maybe, move 2-4 times etc). I'm quite sure a bunch of those hds/cds are potentially in the hands of people who could abuse them if they were interested (they are not; my sensitive stuff is not very sensitive). I like the cloud idea more as I don't 'lose' things and stuff is always there on every computer/device. But I just would like simple encryption. For dropbox I have a directory where I put stuff like that ; I have a background software which GPG encrypts everything there before sending to dropbox. It's great. But it still is a bit of a hassle.