News Microsoft OneDrive for Business allegedly keeps OCR'ed data in an unprotected format

[Admin]

Security experts warn that Microsoft's OneDrive for Business allegedly keeps private data in an unprotected format.

Microsoft OneDrive for Business allegedly keeps OCR'ed data in an unprotected format : Read more

 

[ynhockey]

OneDrive for Business actually has cheaper plans than the personal version, so it's used by many home users and small businesses who certainly don't have secure premises and advanced security policies. This is concerning indeed.

 

[bluvg]

I must be missing something. If the drive/volume isn't encrypted, the files themselves aren't encrypted locally, either. I guess if EFS or something similar were used, the images could be encrypted and the OCR data not, but that has little to do with OneDrive, and it's rarely used anyway from what I've seen.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

While the issue certainly needs to be fixed (just encrypting the SQL file), basic Bitlocker encryption should prevent this from being exploited.

 

[targetdrone]

So we are to believe Recall the copilot feature that records your screen is really encrypted and secure?

 

[Math Geek]

i've said it over and over and over again. THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT YOUR DATA IS TO ENCRYPT IT YOURSELF!!!

hoping any of these companies cares at all about you or yours is only asking for trouble. if you put it in the cloud, you best bet is to upload it encrypted. they can do what they want with it, but in the end it's nothing they can use, read, spy on or otherwise abuse while in their custody.

anyone not doing this deserves what they get at this point. not like any of this is any kind of secret at this point.