It’s pretty clear these days that {thing}-as-a-service is a powerful concept. That said, it involves a certain level of trust in whoever is providing the service. Part of that is the trust that they’ll keep providing you the service, but on the tin-foil-hat side, you trust that they won’t use the information you give them to your detriment. This is especially true for storage/hosting service providers, where you’re quite literally handing your data to a 3rd party.
I love Dropbox, but I’m not sure I’m ready to trust them with my secret plans for world domination. As such, I’ve decided that I’d like to add a layer of encryption on top of my Dropbox storage, as well as other similar providers. I looked around, and decided to work with Dropbox, Copy (Update: the Copy service has shut down), and Google Drive. As a disclaimer, the Dropbox link includes my referral code so I get extra space if you use it.
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