Comments on: Locking down your Dropbox with Espionage http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/locking-down-your-dropbox-with-espionage/ chatter and waffle from the world of software development Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:15:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ira_rainey http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/locking-down-your-dropbox-with-espionage/#comment-142 ira_rainey Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:15:38 +0000 http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/?p=199#comment-142 You are indeed correct. By following this method you are not encrypting your data at the Dropbox end. I guess it kind of depends how paranoid you are about your data. Dropbox do encrypt it themselves on their servers so it's not like it's just sitting around waiting for somebody to root through it. I did try putting disk images in the dropbox folder, but it just always seemed clunky, and of course you lose the whole beauty of Espionage seamlessly mapping encrypted disk images to folders, so you don't have to deal with separate drives. You are indeed correct. By following this method you are not encrypting your data at the Dropbox end. I guess it kind of depends how paranoid you are about your data. Dropbox do encrypt it themselves on their servers so it’s not like it’s just sitting around waiting for somebody to root through it.

I did try putting disk images in the dropbox folder, but it just always seemed clunky, and of course you lose the whole beauty of Espionage seamlessly mapping encrypted disk images to folders, so you don’t have to deal with separate drives.

]]> By: George http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/locking-down-your-dropbox-with-espionage/#comment-141 George Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:05:21 +0000 http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/?p=199#comment-141 Hi ! Great, very clear description. However, there is one thing you might point out more clearly (if I am right): Dropbox is working from an unlocked Espionage folder. And therefore the data in the Dropbox cloud will only be encrypted by Dropbox. I prefer to store a dmg image in Dropbox and thus get 2 layers of encryption. George Hi !

Great, very clear description. However, there is one thing you might point out more clearly (if I am right):

Dropbox is working from an unlocked Espionage folder. And therefore the data in the Dropbox cloud will only be encrypted by Dropbox.
I prefer to store a dmg image in Dropbox and thus get 2 layers of encryption.

George

]]> By: ira_rainey http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/locking-down-your-dropbox-with-espionage/#comment-100 ira_rainey Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:11:30 +0000 http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/?p=199#comment-100 Good question. In theory I can't really see a reason. I've not tried it, mostly because I wanted to have other stuff in my Vault folder as well. Give it a spin. Good question. In theory I can’t really see a reason. I’ve not tried it, mostly because I wanted to have other stuff in my Vault folder as well. Give it a spin.

]]> By: Philip http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/locking-down-your-dropbox-with-espionage/#comment-99 Philip Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:01:54 +0000 http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/?p=199#comment-99 Is there any reason why I can't use the Dropbox folder directly for enrypting via Espionage? (Without the Vault folder)? Thanks Is there any reason why I can’t use the Dropbox folder directly for enrypting via Espionage? (Without the Vault folder)?

Thanks

]]> By: ira_rainey http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/locking-down-your-dropbox-with-espionage/#comment-92 ira_rainey Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:28:41 +0000 http://www.sidelane.co.uk/blog/?p=199#comment-92 David, I don't use shared files so I can't comment on that, but I can't see that it would make any difference. All you're doing by following this process is essentially abstracting where Dropbox thinks it's storing the data on the local machine. Whether that's a shared file or not I can't see it would matter. David, I don’t use shared files so I can’t comment on that, but I can’t see that it would make any difference. All you’re doing by following this process is essentially abstracting where Dropbox thinks it’s storing the data on the local machine. Whether that’s a shared file or not I can’t see it would matter.

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