| hydester | is ubuntu one encrypted on the server side? | 01:30 |
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| dobey | https://one.ubuntu.com/help/faq/are-my-files-stored-on-the-server-encrypted/ | 01:31 |
| hydester | thanks dobey. any idea why they decided to not go with encryption? | 01:33 |
| dobey | it is very hard to get right, and it makes doing a lot of other things very hard; and it takes a lot of hardware resources to be able to do it at all, at scale | 01:34 |
| hydester | dobey: couldn't it be done at the client end? that is, have all the sync clients do the heavy lifting | 01:36 |
| hydester | as in an integration solution | 01:36 |
| dobey | we wouldn't be able to offer music streaming, or any advanced features on the web site; to use files on the web site, you'd have to download and decrypt them manually with the key | 01:37 |
| dobey | if you want to store encrypted files and don't want music streaming, etc… though, you are certainly free to encrypt all your files locally, and they will be synced that way | 01:38 |
| dobey | plus, if the client did it, you'd need the same key on all your machines | 01:39 |
| hydester | dobey: i'm just trying to evaluate my options, like dropbox vs ubuntu one vs skydrive. security is part of the criteria, but i understand i can encrypt on my end. i read that dropbox uses amazon S3. does canonical run ubuntu one with their own hardware and staff? | 01:44 |
| dobey | there's also https://one.ubuntu.com/help/faq/what-security-and-privacy-policies-does-ubuntu-one-have/ which you might want to read | 02:01 |
| dobey | i think files are currently stored in s3, but other data is not | 02:02 |
| hacked_kernel | is there API for C++ for using Ubuntu one? | 08:58 |
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