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I remain convinced that the best security of all is to encrypt your files yourself, on your own computer, using trusted encryption software (I use bcrypt), with
by inetsee 14y ago
I remain convinced that the best security of all is to encrypt your files yourself, on your own computer, using trusted encryption software (I use bcrypt), with a strong password, before uploading the files to any cloud based storage service, even the ones with excellent trust ratings.
- billwashere 14y agoFor anyone that is confused about him using "bcrypt", it is also a cross platform encryption program as well as a common key derivation function - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9035855/bcrypt-is-hasing-or-encryption-a-bit-of-confusion http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9035855/bcrypt-is-hasing-...
- mylittlepony 14y agoIsn't bcrypt a hashing algorithm based on an encryption algorithm? Meaning you can't use it for encrypting your files. Edit: found this, I don't know why they picked that name: http://bcrypt.sourceforge.net/ http://bcrypt.sourceforge.net/
- inetsee 14y agoI believe the "b" in bcrypt stands for Blowfish, which is the underlying encryption algorithm used in this open-source, cross-platform file encryption utility to which I was referring. I hadn't known about the bcrypt used for password hashing. My original point wasn't to recommend a particular encryption software. My intended point was that you should take responsibility for protecting your files yourself, and rely as little as possible on trusting others, like Kim Dotcom.