OT: Drop Box - is it secure?

[Stephen]

well if you encrypt a folder inside dropbox it works locally, and then
when there is a change it replicates it.

not sure how it would play for others however.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:
> Check out sugarsync... some pretense at least of security there at least.
>
> https://www.sugarsync.com/
>
> Aside from that, I'm sure the others would hand it over in a nice formatted
> and unmolested disk image for them to pour over like facebook does.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/heres-what-facebook-sends-the-cops-in-response-to-a-subpoena/11528
>
> I've seen how-to's for using truecrypt or luks disk image within a "cloud
> folder", but I'm not so sure that's really a good idea either when you're
> talking about deltas of a binary disk image + encryption for usable
> performance.  Seems like it'd suck, or suck up all usable bandwidth between
> you and them on a regular basis.
>
> I'm contemplating sugarsync (linux/android support too), but I still don't
> trust them fully with my _raw_ data, especially not a homedir I rsync
> normally local between 3 systems.  With all my work/customer data,
> enterprises a lot less forgiving will come hunting the day someone merely
> asks for it with or without warrant.  Laws are fishy like that these days,
> let alone the folks that will just take it anyways with no one apparently
> the wiser.
>
> -mb
>
>
>
> On 04/09/2012 08:37 PM, keith smith wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thank you to everyone who replied. Worse than I thought.
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Keith Smith
>>
>> --- On *Mon, 4/9/12, Stephen /<cryptworks at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>>    From: Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>>    Subject: Re: OT: Drop Box - is it secure?
>>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>    Date: Monday, April 9, 2012, 1:43 PM
>>
>>    you have 2 options, encrypt it before you share it. use pgp for
>>    example. or not to use it.
>>
>>    To be fair it is a 3rd party company and it is their business to be
>>    trustworthy. but it really depends on how trusting you are of a 3rd
>>    party company.
>>
>>    On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:38 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com
>>    </mc/compose?to=klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>        Hi,
>>
>>        Someone wants me to share some confidential information by
>>        uploading documents to his Drop Box account. My gut tells me
>>        this is not a secure was to transfer confidential information.
>>
>>        Any thoughts?
>>
>>        Thanks in advance!
>>
>>        ------------------------
>>        Keith Smith
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Stephen