[OSX-Users] Re: Recommended Terminal app iPad?

[Michael Jewell]

There's always TrueCrypt or BitLocker:
http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/Truecrypt

That doesn't fix the config.db thing obviously!

Cheers,
Mike

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Tim Chown <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 8 Jul 2011, at 10:58, Mischa Tuffield <mmt04r at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> It has come to light that dropbox isn't actually encrypted on the
> storage-end as far as I am aware [1]. And they recently changed their terms
> and conditions to state that they have rights to anything you put into
> dropbox [2].
>
> Well, I suspect most users are happy with that trade-off to get 2GB of free
> virtual memory stick. The broad support for DropBox in so many apps makes it
> the defacto Cloud file store for so many people [1]. Of course, putting say
> ECS exam grids on it might be convenient for exam board, but...
> That people don't read T&C texts is another issue.
>
> From my point of view it is a total joke of a service and I would always use
> a university based storage solution if I had the option too ;)
>
> JISC has, or recently had, a call out for £300k to develop 'DropBox for UK
> HEIs'... presumably driven by concerns over the privacy and rights over
> data.  If funded, that could provide a solution before long.
> As for encryption, you can always encrypt your own data before storing it
> Out There.
>
> Tim
>
> Mischa *mmm scp
> [1] http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/dropbox-the-encrypted-online-data-storage-with-fbi-access/
> [2] http://www.itpro.co.uk/634681/dropbox-faces-backlash-over-t-cs
>
>
> [1] No link here, but I made you look!



-- 
Dr Michael O. Jewell
ECS, University of Southampton