SilliMon
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Comment · 13 years ago
Comment · 13 years ago
PGP is the best option, but makes it harder for the recipient. Perhaps added security = added hassle, and there's no way around that.
Here's how to protect GDrive files: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6644888
Comment · 13 years ago
No, in the past, only if you were a tin-foil hat wearing paranoid.
We expected our government to uphold the law, specifically the 4th Amendment, which protects us from unlawful searches.
Comment · 13 years ago
I find it interesting that no one has suggested any Microsoft tools, .NET or C#
I guess these are all dead now?
Comment · 13 years ago
Amazing - better than raise the Titanic
Comment · 13 years ago
Russian control of Wikileaks makes sense of Snowden's actions. Then again, it may just be conincidence?
Comment · 13 years ago
What's most worrying about this is that Dropbox is injecting itself into processes like NotePad++ and Firefox that have nothing to do with shell extensions.
Either this is lazy coding, or there is some malicious intent to spy.
Comment · 13 years ago
If I were the NSA, I would run these VPN services.
They provide a perfect honeypot to gather the "illegal" web users or those with something to hide, in one place.
Comment · 13 years ago
Sounds promising. SSDs have good potential as a cache for bigger backend spinning disks.
Comment · 13 years ago
Ditto for Google Drive, encrypt it with something like Syncdocs[1] to keep files private.
Encryption keys are like car keys - you need to own them, not Google.
Comment · 13 years ago
It is might be time for an audit of code submits to the encryption libararies in open source projects.
Comment · 13 years ago
It is probably time for an audit of code submits to the encryption libararies in open source projects.
It makes like a bit more complex, but PGP can be used for mail and here's how to protect GDrive files: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6644888
Remember these revelations date from a year or two ago, who knows what they're up to now?