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From: "Dave" <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Dropbox - backing up Genbox
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:42:41 +1000
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Does your guru have an opinion on File Encryption Utilities? As far as these
things go there are some good free ones, such as AxCrypt and dsCrypt. Just
wondering from the point of view of encyripting the data in dropbox.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheri Casper" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Dropbox - backing up Genbox


>I talked with my computer guru today and these are his comments: There is
> always an issue of data security with online services. Once a service
> loses
> data or has a security breach, they fold and a new one pops up -- the
> reason
> why there seem to be new services every day. He said if you were going to
> use a service, be very, very careful what you store. While he cannot
> recommend any, he felt Carbonite was the best -- with caveats.
>
> In his day job, he is responsible for the safety and integrity of
> computerized medical records so I trust his opinion in this area. But
> everyone is free to draw their own conclusions. He said he wouldn't use
> one
> ever personally and that photos, etc., might be ok, but never any personal
> info. Don't know about you, but my genie has personal info in it (social
> security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, birthdates full names). The
> option to have your file synced from machine to machine really is
> appealing,
> but for now, I think I'm simply moving my data between systems via a nifty
> little external hard drive that I got that makes very quick work of
> swapping.
>
> FWIW.
>
> CheriC
>
>
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