Hi Greg et al,
It does not seem to be part of a default pattern.
That's good, I don't have 11.3 on yet, will upgrade this coming weekend.
And even if installed it does nothing until you go through a very obvious process of creating an account.
Are you sure? and just because they say so is not enough for me.
And if you to that all of the data is transmitted and stored in encrypted form. SpiderOak states that they do NOT keep passwords at all. (They do keep the password hint you provide.)
I don't recall which form of encryption they use, but pgp encryption as an example is secure enough for my needs.
While pgp is ok, I don't know of any encryption good enough if the goverment thugs decide to open your files. Or for that matter the company itself might open them. Yes, of course they promise. BUT I heard of a case in the US or UK about a database from a gay teenager site that they promise would be private and safe etc etc etc. Then the site went out of business and they are selling the database to pay off bills. So much for that promise.... ALSO how safe is your backup from someone ADDING stuff to it? A good friend in the US was thrown in jail for photos that he did not put on his hard disk at work. Lucky for him he was able to prove to the judge that many people at his job had access to his HD. So they could not prove who put the photos on it. How would you feel if the thugs demanded you open your files and you did it. "I've got nothing to hide!" right? And the first thing that pops up is an under-aged photo.
Greg
Sorry Greg, there is no way in hell I would put files on a system I don't control. I don't encrypt my files (yet) but I heard about someone working on a way to set up a system so that if you give it one password you get into the normal file system, but if you give it another password you get another file system and it hides your real file system. Personally I like that idea as far as it goes. What I would like better would be that the second password (or even a third password) connects you to the safe file system and delete the first file system. That way, when the thugs use the old rubber hose decryption on you, you can give them the delete password and know that your info is safe/gone even if you are too. :( Later! JIM -- The US was colonized by the religious, political, economic, and criminal rejects of every country in the world. We have been carefully breeding insane, obsessive, fanatic lunatics with each other for over 400 years, resulting in the glorious strain of humanity known as "Americans". You have to expect some... peculiarities. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org