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I had misgivings about Dropbox too, which is why I only sync one file, namely a 1GB TrueCrypt archive with all my data inside it. I hear Dropbox added TrueCrypt
by qntm 16y ago
I had misgivings about Dropbox too, which is why I only sync one file, namely a 1GB TrueCrypt archive with all my data inside it. I hear Dropbox added TrueCrypt support in some fashion in their latest release, but I haven't investigated that yet.
- gnosis 16y agoOne thing to keep in mind if you give others encrypted data is that the encryption might be practically unbreakable for now. But there's no guarantee it will stay unbreakable in the future. Given foreseeable advances in technology, along with unforeseeable breakthroughs in both technology and cryptoanalysis no one can really say how long it will be until your data is compromised. But what we can probably predict with some certainty is that at least some of these data storage companies will keep the encrypted data you send them for as long as they possibly can. And they may even share it with others.
- pgr0ss 16y agoIf you are sharing with other people, something like encfs would be better: http://www.arg0.net/encfsintro http://www.arg0.net/encfsintro Encfs encrypts file by file, so you do not have to worry about multiple people editing (and possibly corrupting) one giant file.
- qntm 16y agoSounds good, but no Windows version.