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SpiderOak Woes



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






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