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File-hosting Sites Not a Safe Haven For Private Data

Posted by timothy on from the but-then-nowhere-really-is dept.

An anonymous reader tips a story at the Register, according to which "Academic researchers say they've uncovered weaknesses in dozens of the most popular file hosting sites that allow people to gain unauthorized access to data that's supposed to be available only to those selected by the user."

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  1. Encryption by igreaterthanu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why would you upload private data to some file hosting site? These (e.g. RapidShare) aren't the kind of services where you can modify files after uploading (such as Dropbox), so encryption is not much of a hassle. You have no reason not to encrypt the files before uploading them.

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