Shannon's Journal Discussion

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DropBox is not secure. I have concluded that I am going to create an encrypted container for the scripts and such, which will be in DropBox, and work on the programs from within it.

Had that idea several hours ago.

I am comfortable with their security measures - https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/27 - you should definitely switch on two-step verification - but I can understand if you are not. The downside with your approach is that the entire encrypted container will be backed up, not individual files - so not as simple to "roll back" to previous versions of a file. But that is the trade off for security.
Maybe a compromise is something like https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/dropbox - keeps individual files encrypted.

But your container approach would already give you peace of mind - you always know that all container changes are automatically backed up...

Security is always a compromise between convenience and security. We have tried everything... even boxcryptor. It didn't work for us, although I don;t remember why right now.

I can live with an encrypted container being backed up, I will still keep multiple external disks for backup separately on a periodic basis.

You should try keeping a copy on your phone, even the FBI can't get into iPhones these days. There's an app for iPhone called "downloads" you can drag and drops files from your computer, and it's password protected... if you have an iPhone. Or you could buy one of those thin USBs and wear it as a necklace, I've thought about that when it comes to my app development projects.