[01:30] <hydester> is ubuntu one encrypted on the server side?
[01:31] <dobey> https://one.ubuntu.com/help/faq/are-my-files-stored-on-the-server-encrypted/
[01:33] <hydester> thanks dobey.  any idea why they decided to not go with encryption?
[01:34] <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
[01:36] <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
[01:37] <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
[01:38] <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
[01:39] <dobey> plus, if the client did it, you'd need the same key on all your machines
[01:44] <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?
[02:01] <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
[02:02] <dobey> i think files are currently stored in s3, but other data is not
[08:58] <hacked_kernel> is there API for C++ for using Ubuntu one?