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Have they tightened up security? I know they has some issues a while back with regard to private files not exactly being private. Would you trust them to keep confidential files protected from the Internet at large? I know they can and will give your data to the government under court order but that's a different issue.
Usually, the biggest security hole in cloud storage is the user's own username and password. People who use the same username and simple password at Dropbox that they use on 50 other sites are going to be at some risk.
A lot of these places are just packaging storage space they rent at Amazon S3, so one is about as good as another.
Your government and Barack HUSSEIN Obama have access to all your data.
Roll over and enjoy it.
FYI, only the H in Hussein is capitalized. It's not an acronym. I can't believe that this guy is your president, and you don't even know how to spell his name.
We use Dropbox for our business, and when we signed up several years ago, I looked into it and was satisfied that the security was more than adequate.
We also store the Dropbox folder inside a tryuecrypt container, so it's encrypted on the PC, too. Basically, if someone breaks into our office and takes the computers - even the servers - our data is still secure, and can be restored very quickly and easily.
We use Dropbox for our business, and when we signed up several years ago, I looked into it and was satisfied that the security was more than adequate.
We also store the Dropbox folder inside a tryuecrypt container, so it's encrypted on the PC, too. Basically, if someone breaks into our office and takes the computers - even the servers - our data is still secure, and can be restored very quickly and easily.
I do the opposite. I put a truecrypt container inside the dropbox folder.
Have they tightened up security? I know they has some issues a while back with regard to private files not exactly being private. Would you trust them to keep confidential files protected from the Internet at large? I know they can and will give your data to the government under court order but that's a different issue.
I guess that's the main question - and it'll differ from individual to individual based on their requirements. I personally keep my tax returns in the cloud (encrypted and compressed first) and don't lose any sleep over it.
I believe Amazon S3 is accredited by the U.S. Government, so if dropbox uses Amazon....Albeit the Fed has a new accreditation authority that focuses strictly on cloud providers (FedRAMP). But its so new that I don't think anyone has actually been FedRAMP authorized.
I do the opposite. I put a truecrypt container inside the dropbox folder.
We make hundreds of changes per day to the contents of the dropbox - having a single file that's 60gb inside the dropbox that's constantly being changed by multiple people and always trying to upload is a wee bit impractical from a bandwidth perspective, not to mention the versioning issues...
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The NSA has access, stop worrying
