Cast-iron cloud

Currently, I am using Dropbox as platform-independent cloud storage, but according to Snowden that's not good. He recommends SpiderOak.

After doing some research, I found the following platform-independent (Microsoft, Apple, Linux, iOS, Android), secure cloud storage providers: SpiderOak (2GB, free), Wuala (5GB, $0.99/month), Mega (50GB, free) and Tresorit (5GB, free) Which one do you recommend and why?

Or I could stick with using Dropbox for now, but start encrypting my files. For encrypting files which program do you recommend: TrueCrypt or 7-Zip? It needs to be platform-independent. Also, which platform-independent password manager do you recommend? JohanM There is one option noticeable by its absence from your list: OwnCloud. If you want security, run OwnCloud locally or get yourself a VPS and install it there. There was a tutorial on setting up OwnCloud in a previous issue [see Tutorials, p70, LXF190].

Any system that uses encrypted storage requires someone to know the encryption keys. SpiderOak is more secure than Dropbox because the encryption is done locally using keys stored only on your system. Other systems may allow someone with the required