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iCloud: Apple has the keys :( Dropbox: Dropbox has the keys :( Crashplan: I have the keys :)

• oarsinsync 9y ago
  > Crashplan: I have the keys :) Do you really? They offer a web interface with access to your data. Do you enter the encryption keys when you access the web interface, or do you enter a username and password which then provides access to the encryption keys? In that situation, who really has the keys?
  • username223 9y ago
    IIRC, with Crashplan (RIP) you get a choice of whether to encrypt everything with a local key, in which case you're SOL if you lose it, or to encrypt with a key known to Crashplan, in which case you can reset your password and they can see your data. That seems like a reasonable trade-off to me, where different users will make different choices.
    • closeparen 9y ago
      Crashplan still works fine, you just have to get the business-branded version.