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How does sync.com provide "zero knowledge" for web application upload?

It is completely clear how desktop and mobile platforms for sync.com allow zero knowledge. However, it blows my mind when I try to understand how "Zero Knowledge" could be theoretically possible when using a browser, i.e. web application upload.…
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Cloud save? box.com/NextCloud/OwnCloud

I need to keep notes that are personal (decisions, objectives, goals, ideas, projects) and I was thinking of using box.com which seems to be quite trustworthy, but how do I know that box.com respects the privacy of my data? Asking me this, I came up…
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What's the safest way to store data on a server abroad?

A very good friend of mine is a journalist in a country where the state is becoming more and more despotic. She would like to store critical data on a server abroad. Is there any service that would be safe for her ?
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Are iCloud Tabs for Safari end to end encrypted?

I see that iCloud bookmarks are not covered under end-to-end-encryption on the iCloud security overview, but no mention is made of iCloud Tabs, which seems even more important. Are Tabs stored merely using server side encryption and hence Apple is…
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Is a good idea to have security logs stored in the cloud?

I was discussing with my friend the topic of the importance of log analytics/correlation and real-time response for an organization. Then, he mentioned that some people consider sending logs (collected from a network: IDS, firewall) to the cloud for…
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Is it problematic to use file encryption (for cloud storage) inside an encrypted drive?

Background / Requirements using a Windows machine hard drives are already (veracrypt) encrypted volumes not relying on any cloud service provider to trust them with their encryption file by file encryption on the local machine Question Is there…
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Does the file encryption of Microsoft Office guarantee integrity?

I stumbled upon Microsoft Office's feature of file encryption. For storing sensitive data in the cloud, e.g. DropBox, this sounds like a nice feature. Reading that the encryption is AES-128 in CBC mode by default, it seems to provide a decent level…
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How to prevent a client-side encrypted app from being abused as general storage?

The design of the application is simple: User Input > Serialize as JSON > Client-side Encrypt > Upload to server The object being stored is structured like this: type: type_specific_field1: "value1" type_specific_field2:…
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Is this protection for customer data both secure and fast enough?

A small electrical installation company has a big list of customers. The list contains personal information like names, phone numbers, addresses, info (like what product/installation) and some small notes. The customer data is stored at the…
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Content security on the cloud/ hosted web

I have purchased space (web hosting) with a provider. I would like to manage (edit, add, delete etc.) my content entirely on the cloud content (without download/upload). This will be done by a couple of staffers. What must I do if I would like…
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Securing a Ubuntu web server on cloud for a web application

I am about to publish a python web application. The server is an Ubuntu remote machine hosted by 1&1. For now I start remotly the python server app with a console command. Concerning the security, what are the must-do procedures with my Ubuntu…
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ownCloud on an encrypted partition on the server

I would like to implement a private cloud-storage on a Linux VPS. For example, I can use ownCloud. I can do the root login on the VPS by ssh. My question is if I can securely encrypt the /var/www directory in a way that the service provider cannot…
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Encrypt and backup files directly to cloud storage? (No locally saved copies)

So far I know of the following services: Tresorit (paid cloud storage service) SpiderOak (paid cloud storage service) Arq (paid software, works with a number of cloud services) ...are there any others? Specifically, I am talking about Type 1…
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What happens if your email file on local drive get's encrypted and it then syncs to the cloud?

Does email syncing using MS Exchange exchange work in a similar way to Dropbox such that a change made on the local drive automatically syncs with the cloud version of that file? Or is it one way only from the cloud to the local drive? So for…
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Encrypt content on Azure without using KeyVault?

Need to store some content in Azure Blob Storage, and want to encrypt prior to storing it on Azure Blob (we don't want to rely on Azure storage encryption on-rest). The issue is we do not want to store our encryption keys on Azure (e.g. Key vault),…
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