Re: [PLUG] Encrypting Sensitive Personal Information In the Cloud?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

On 03/09/2014 01:32 PM, Louis Kratz wrote:
> Hey Pluggers,
>    It's tax time, and my system of storing tax information is grossly
> antiquated.
>
> I'm looking for a way to store tax documents encrypted in the cloud. I
> access this data once a year, but don't want to store it on site in case of
> disk failure etc etc.
>
> Does anyone do this now, and if so, what kind of services/encryption
> software do you use? I'd like something with version control, if possible,
> so I can add new year's data without the risk of corrupting old ones. I am
> looking for something a little more user-friendly than gpging a file and
> dumping it on s3.

Lots of good replies, but what I haven't seen is:
	http://rsync.net/		# Semi roll-your-own
	https://spideroak.com/		#

Or you can roll your own with sparkleshare or BoxBackup (which did come up).

I have not used any of these except BoxBackup, which I like a lot. 
Basically, I sync critical data to BoxBackup at an offsite server I 
control but don't necessarily trust 100%, and sync other data on that 
server to me.  Just watch out for the recovery key!

Later,
JP
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