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Proton Drive Encrypted Cloud Storage App Now Available for Mac
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If the email is end to end encrypted, it shouldn’t matter. You and your recipient are the only ones who can decrypt. As long as the recipient is also using ProtonMail, my understanding is that you’re protected from all man in the middle attempts.
Are you saying eg. Apple’s encryption is not good enough?
In what way?
if the data is actually kept only in Switzerland, how much slower it is compared to cloud giants, who use local caches?
Well we do know that one can do things like reset an Apple ID’s password with only the phone passcode, so clearly they have chosen a balance slightly more towards convenience than security. It’s not directly related but it’s an indication.
It’s hard / impossible to be truly safe from sophisticated targeted attacks / governments. Using a third party service possibly could make a harder target, I don’t know.
Some people claim privacy from government is a concern, they feel better about it being Swiss. Whether that’s actually worth anything worthwhile to anyone, I don’t know.
As for whether it’s slower because it lacks local caching, yes probably. At least higher latency. But Europe has good connectivity so it’s not going to be an issue if one’s higher priority is the physical location of the data.
Physical location matters enough that Azure and Amazon both have infrastructure that specifically is guaranteed to stay 100% within the United States for government use. The government takes that seriously, for what it’s worth.
There is really no need to use Proton Drive. Download Cryptomator, create a Cryptomator folder in iCloud, Google, or any other cloud service, and your personal data will be free from any hacker, or any other prying eyes attempts.
Cryptomator - Free & Open-Source Cloud Storage Encryption
Cryptomator is an open-source encryption tool for secure cloud storage. Protect your privacy for free on Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and more.
cryptomator.org
Where are they based?Cryptomator - Free & Open-Source Cloud Storage Encryption
Cryptomator is an open-source encryption tool for secure cloud storage. Protect your privacy for free on Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and more.cryptomator.org
Also im skeptical if they interface with google, or don’t discourage its use while being security and safety based
It does, they are harder to strong arm by a creepy 5 eyes or 14 eyes country if they arnt in those jurisdictions
Did you read the website? It doesn't sound like you did given your reply.
Security Architecture — Cryptomator Documentation
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Did you read the website? It doesn't sound like you did given your reply.
Security Architecture — Cryptomator Documentation
docs.cryptomator.org
Did the site not say it worked with google drive?
I did not see mention of where it was HQed
It doesn't matter where they are based. Cryptomator is software that runs on your own computer and encrypts your data on the fly before writing it to the filesystem, e.g. to your Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive or whatever folder.
Metadata is not encrypted (often they're not interested into the content of the message). It's all about headers, metadata, recipients, IP-Addr., etc.
I was able to strip the skimlinks and found it. Since I made the post, it looks like the original link works now. All is good.
well the main thing you don't want to get out is the message itself, right?!
It really depends on... Most 'services' are not interested into content - it's about metadata for them.