SpiderOak Woes

[Gordon Marx]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Take statements like that with a grain of salt.  A provider could be unable to recover your passwords but still have access to everything you have stored there through a master encryption key.  Look for the law enforcement caveat in the service contract, or alternatively look for the "zero knowledge" statement in those terms.

Pardon my "ignorance", but what is a "master encryption key" going to
do? I upload an encrypted file to them, I keep the key to myself,
there's no way they can use anything to break it.

Gordon