Enhancing Data Confidentiality in the Cloud \ stacker news ~bitcoin

Continuing with the topic of secure data transfer touched upon in this post, I want to expand on the topic of more confidential data storage in the cloud.

Now many people use such popular cloud storage services as Google Drive, OneDrive, and DropBox. They are convenient, they are very common, but they are owned by companies that are notorious for problems with user privacy. I highly recommend not storing important information there, especially in the public domain. Examples of incidents with services: DropBox

Today I'd like to talk about alternatives that respect your privacy and that support end-to-end file encryption.

ProtonDrive - I would like to start with this service. A young service from the famous company that gave us ProtonMail. End-to-end encryption, shared access to files via link, integration with mail. 1 gb of space is available on the free plan. The paid plans are more expensive than Google's, but I think the price is justified. Prices start at $4.99/mo for 200gb, and from $11.99 for 500gb. There is an option to pay in Bitcoin. The service is available in web-version and for mobile devices.
Peergos - Built on the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a content-addressable distributed file system designed to be robust, resilient and future-proof.

Quantum-resistant end-to-end encryption - your files are always protected, in transit and at rest
Trustless architecture - your data is safe, no matter where Peergos runs
Protected metadata - your contact list, file sizes, and directory structure can never be seen, even by us
Decentralized storage - store and access data across several servers without a hitch. Price for 50gb - £5 / month, 500gb - £25 / month

Filen - German cloud storage with end-to-end encryption. Functionality is similar to the other usual clouds, but the feature of the service is a few lifetime subscription options.

For those who don't want to change the usual services, but want to add more privacy to their data, I can advise to use applications like VeraCrypt or Cryptomator. You can use them to create encrypted containers in which you put your most important data, and then upload the container to Google Drive, for example.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 19 May 2023

Good article. I have started the process of migrating my business docs from Google drive to Proton Drive. So far, so good, but it can be a challenge when working with people who are used to the convenience of Google drive. It's a fact that proton drive is less convenient in the same way that protonmail is less convenient than Gmail. It's the old security/convenience tug of war.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Monotone OP 19 May 2023

Companies like Google just tie users to themselves by the convenience of using their services, so that people get used to it and it was difficult for them to abandon and switch to alternatives

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @021da48107 19 May 2023

Another option is rclone using it's native encryption + any cloud provider it supports. Nice thing about this setup is you can use any cloud provider you want and they can't see your data. You can also keep a copy of your data on 2 clouds, or easily move your data from cloud to cloud with rclone.

Obviously there isn't a frontend UI (maybe there is somewhere?) but if you are comfortable with a cli this works.

Thanks for the addition. I did not mention rclone precisely because there is no user-friendly UI, but I completely agree with you.