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You can always encrypt on the client, so the Google data centers are just pushing encrypted blobs around.

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?

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

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.

I find it interesting that no one has suggested any Microsoft tools, .NET or C#

I guess these are all dead now?

Amazing - better than raise the Titanic

Russian control of Wikileaks makes sense of Snowden's actions. Then again, it may just be conincidence?

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.

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.

Sounds promising. SSDs have good potential as a cache for bigger backend spinning disks.

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.

[1] http://syncdocs.com

It is might be time for an audit of code submits to the encryption libararies in open source projects.

It is probably time for an audit of code submits to the encryption libararies in open source projects.

What did he do that is worthy of 100 years in jail?

Just because something is in the cloud doesn't mean you don't need backups.

Backup your entire Google account. Here's a tool to do it: http://www.syncdocs.com/ Print out the 10 password recovery codes Google offers. Here's how to do it: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744?hl=en Having a backup and extra security is essential for everything stored in the cloud.

A good read. Is the recent speed improvement in TOR due to this being done?

seems like it, why not just invent a big number?

The best cloud security solution is one where you control the encryption keys AND stuff is encrypted on your device BEFORE uploading to the cloud.

We tried SpiderOak but the security was hard for our users. We ended up using Syncdocs which encrypts Google Drive. It lets our team share and use Google Docs normally, but secure folders we need to keep encrypted. They also disclose their AES encryption source.

http://www.syncdocs.com/forums/topic/syncdocs-encryption-is-...

What band is it using?

But the rule of law is only for the media and whistleblowers, not for governments.

So who actually owns the cables in international waters?

And what's to stop multiple countries tapping the same fibre?

Not necessarily; few employees are willing to take a pay cut - that is why 5% of staff are laid off, rather than everyone in the company taking a 5% cut.

The latter would probably be more efficient for the company. However many workers would start looking for a better job.