Most Secure Cloud Storage (May 2015)

[morgan_fr33mon]

Hello,

I have been investigating secure cloud services for some time now, and I am curious if anyone has suggestions for the absolute most secure one.

Purpose: Find most secure cloud service available to everyday user or business user. I would prefer free, but open to anything. If it turns out that utilizing a hardware/software encrypted USB drive is a better option, I am open to this as well. After hearing that Truecrypt is no longer secure, I have made it an interest to stay up to date with secure methods of storage.

I am mainly trying to secure <5 GB of data such as password backups, receipts, financial information, and maybe a few pictures/videos.

I have seen the add-ons for dropbox and such, but do not really tend to sync my files and leave them on my computer. I would prefer to leave them in the cloud or on a drive separately from my main devices and only accessed as needed.

Please feel free to add suggestions outside of the list below, but here are the one's I have at least heard of. Some I use often but for other purposes:

Google Drive
Onedrive
Mozy
Tresorit
Bitcasa
Copy
Box
Mega
SpiderOak

CrashPlan/Backblaze were of some interest and can be thrown into the mix as well.

I currently use Mega, Box, Tresorit, Bitcasa, Dropbox, and Google Drive. But these are mainly just for various solutions for school or work storage. I would like to find a solution that I can feel safe putting anything on from a list of every password I use in plain text (don't do this..duh) to a picture of my girlfriend.

I use iOS, OS X, and Win 8, but my primary device is Win 8 if this helps.

 

[Knucklehead545]

One drive and I think clean masters cloud works on computers

 

[morgan_fr33mon]

One drive and I think clean masters cloud works on computers

Just for anyone's reference in the future:
http://blogs.office.com/2015/01/30/data-encryption-works-onedrive-business-sharepoint-online/

This is a link to OneDrive's Security info.
256 - AES with 2048 bit keys for data center file transfer.

 

[InvalidError]

The only way I would feel safe putting anything private/confidential on cloud storage would be by encrypting it locally with AES256 or equivalent before putting it in the cloud. This way, I do not need to worry about files getting leaked from the cloud as long as the decryption keys remain safe. If files get leaked, I can generate a new key, re-encrypt the files and destroy my old key(s) to make reasonably certain the leaked files will never be decrypted again.

 

[DookieDraws]

I am currently using most of those you have listed and a few others as well. If you would like to try out a few of the ones I use the most, sign up at the following links and you and I will earn some extra space.

Copy referal link: https://copy.com

MediaFire referal link: https://mfi.re/

Hubic referal link: https://hubic.com/home/new/ You MUST apply the invite code:

IDrive referal link: https://www.idrive.com/

I like them, they all seem to be great services to me. I use them a lot and the the download/upload speeds seem to be pretty fast. Go give them a try by signing up at the provide links, if you do not like them simply delete your account. Hey, they're free to try!

I sent you a PM with the same info.

Best of luck!

Referral links removed - SS

 

[DookieDraws]

For password management, I use KeePass and highly recommend it! Give it a look here: http://keepass.info

 

[morgan_fr33mon]

The only way I would feel safe putting anything private/confidential on cloud storage would be by encrypting it locally with AES256 or equivalent before putting it in the cloud. This way, I do not need to worry about files getting leaked from the cloud as long as the decryption keys remain safe. If files get leaked, I can generate a new key, re-encrypt the files and destroy my old key(s) to make reasonably certain the leaked files will never be decrypted again.

How would i encrypt locally with AES locally? Would something like http:// work or what would you suggest?

 

[DookieDraws]

The only way I would feel safe putting anything private/confidential on cloud storage would be by encrypting it locally with AES256 or equivalent before putting it in the cloud. This way, I do not need to worry about files getting leaked from the cloud as long as the decryption keys remain safe. If files get leaked, I can generate a new key, re-encrypt the files and destroy my old key(s) to make reasonably certain the leaked files will never be decrypted again.

How would i encrypt locally with AES locally? Would something like http:// work or what would you suggest?

You can use KeePass to store a backup copy of a database containing all your passwords and financial information. Seriously, visit that site and look what all it can do. I am simply using it to store my many passwords with. Also, for local encryption of other files, have a look at this link: http://www.gfi.com/blog/the-top-24-free-tools-for-data-encryption/ I can't tell you which one is better, you'll need to read it and determine which one fits your needs. Here's another link with a few not mentioned in the link above. http://lifehacker.com/five-best-file-encryption-tools-5677725

EDIT: I forgot to mention, cloudfogger looks like they haven't posted to their Facebook page since 2012, and their twitter account looks abandoned as well, that doesn't look good to me and I would avoid using that service.

 

[Jatheon]

Also good storages are Wuala and Tresorit. Small price, good security. Available for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.