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From what I understand, and again, I'm not with the company, it's not a cloud service, but rather downloadable / installable software that encrypts prior to sto

• gboudrias 13y ago
  Hmm, but then why do you need an account? And yeah, I see what you mean, but if you don't have access to the source, you don't know what they're making you install. I'm a huge FLOSS advocate, but in this specific instance it's more my paranoia talking. I believe I can trust them now, but how many clients will they need to have before the NSA blackmails them? It's still a step forward, somewhat, but I find it hard to believe that there could be a successful product based on putting the user in full control (which is needed for real security).
  • rexreed 13y ago
    The account is needed so you can grant authorization to others to access your files. EncFS is great if you are the only user. If you want to grant others access to your encrypted files, you need an authorization / authentication mechanism, which is why there's an account needed - for permission control. But if you're the only user / potential accessor of the files, single-user strong file-system based encryption works.
    • gboudrias 13y ago
      Good point. I guess you can't share data without trusting someone.