DROPBOX: We'll Turn Your Files Over To The Government If They Ask Us To

Tommy Stanton tommystanton at gmail.com
Tue Apr 19 17:50:37 CEST 2011


On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Richard Hartmann
<richih.mailinglist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a FYI in case anyone is still considering to base their data
> storage on an external, non-encrypted, third-party services.
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-updates-security-terms-of-service-to-say-it-can-decrpyt-files-if-the-government-asks-it-to-2011-4?op=1

Excellent article, thank you!  This only reinforces my belief in
"owning your own data" (...too bad I use GMail though, haha).

> In related news, git-annex supports encrypted backends, now.

Good to know!

-Tommy


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