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Sounds cool! I've been looking for a trustable Dropbox alternative so I don't have to manually encrypt the contents all the time. I'll download and try it out r

by quchen 13y ago

Sounds cool! I've been looking for a trustable Dropbox alternative so I don't have to manually encrypt the contents all the time. I'll download and try it out real q- > Make sure Java [...] is installed. :C

kermorvan 13y ago
Well if that don't seal the deal!
levosmetalo 13y ago
I've been using it for almost a year now on my Windows, Linux and Android. Didn't have any issues so far. I would recommend the service to everyone concerned with privacy. The only thing that one can be suspicious is whether they are transferring your key or not. But, at least they claim your data is safe and encrypted, while Dropbox, GDrive and similar services don't even pretend that they encrypt your data. However, would still love to see an open source product like this that I can truly trust.
- datagramm 13y ago
  >> don't even pretend that they encrypt your data. would it make you happier if they kept their services the same, but just pretended to introduce encryption? ;-)
  - levosmetalo 13y ago
    >> don't even pretend that they encrypt your data. > would it make you happier if they kept their services the same, but just pretended to introduce encryption? ;-) No it wouldn't. What I wanted to say is that Wuala at least claims that they do client side encryption. I believe them, but someone else doesn't have to. So, data being safe with Wuala has probability between 0-100%, while data being safe with Dropbox has probability of 0.
noinsight 13y ago
I'm surprised that there isn't a "cloud encryption" software available yet. It shouldn't be a complex project to encrypt & rename -> upload // download -> decrypt & rename. You could store the original file names in the cloud in an encrypted sqlite database or something.
- rolleiflex 13y ago
  Here you go: https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/boxcryptor-classic https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/boxcryptor-classic It's an offline application that runs on your computer that is transparent to your actions. You just use the drive BC mounts instead of where Dropbox tells you to use, the rest automatic.
- icebraining 13y ago
  Well, there's git annex. git annex initremote mycloudbox type=S3 encryption=my@gpg-email.com datacenter=EU git annex copy --to=mycloudbox myfile git annex whereis myfile whereis myfile (2 copies) (...) -- here (...) -- mycloudbox ok It also provides a nice Web UI (hosted locally) with colorful buttons, if that's your thing.

by quchen 13y ago

kermorvan 13y ago

Well if that don't seal the deal!

levosmetalo 13y ago

I've been using it for almost a year now on my Windows, Linux and Android. Didn't have any issues so far. I would recommend the service to everyone concerned with privacy. The only thing that one can be suspicious is whether they are transferring your key or not. But, at least they claim your data is safe and encrypted, while Dropbox, GDrive and similar services don't even pretend that they encrypt your data. However, would still love to see an open source product like this that I can truly trust.

datagramm 13y ago
>> don't even pretend that they encrypt your data. would it make you happier if they kept their services the same, but just pretended to introduce encryption? ;-)
- levosmetalo 13y ago
  >> don't even pretend that they encrypt your data. > would it make you happier if they kept their services the same, but just pretended to introduce encryption? ;-) No it wouldn't. What I wanted to say is that Wuala at least claims that they do client side encryption. I believe them, but someone else doesn't have to. So, data being safe with Wuala has probability between 0-100%, while data being safe with Dropbox has probability of 0.

noinsight 13y ago

I'm surprised that there isn't a "cloud encryption" software available yet. It shouldn't be a complex project to encrypt & rename -> upload // download -> decrypt & rename. You could store the original file names in the cloud in an encrypted sqlite database or something.

rolleiflex 13y ago
Here you go: https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/boxcryptor-classic https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/boxcryptor-classic It's an offline application that runs on your computer that is transparent to your actions. You just use the drive BC mounts instead of where Dropbox tells you to use, the rest automatic.
icebraining 13y ago
Well, there's git annex. git annex initremote mycloudbox type=S3 encryption=my@gpg-email.com datacenter=EU git annex copy --to=mycloudbox myfile git annex whereis myfile whereis myfile (2 copies) (...) -- here (...) -- mycloudbox ok It also provides a nice Web UI (hosted locally) with colorful buttons, if that's your thing.