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Google To Encrypt Cloud Storage Data By Default

Posted by timothy on from the praise-be-to-google dept.

jfruh writes "Worries about snooping are now a permanent part of our computing landscape, but Google is attempting to ameliorate those fears by encrypting all data on its Google Cloud Storage service by default. Data is encrypted with 128-bit AES, and you can manage the keys yourself or have Google do it for you. A Google spokesperson said that the company "does not provide encryption keys to any government."" (Also at SlashCloud.)

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  1. Fool me once.... by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Informative

    Given what we know about the NSA, NSLs, and Lavabits, " [we do] not provide encryption keys to any government" is a worthless statement. With an NSL, Google will turn over everything and won't be able to say anything about it. With an NSL, Google will be required to lie (like claiming data is encrypted when it's not). Lavabits received an NSL and chose to shut down rather than honor it and sell out their customers. Google compiles with their NSLs.

    You cannot trust Google or the cloud with your data.

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  2. THIS IS NOT GOOGLE DRIVE by Nimey · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not Google Drive that's getting automatic encryption, it's their Cloud Storage, which is only available to developers.

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  3. Re:what about decryption keys by Znork · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to TFA and the blog post it's server side encryption. Which, of course, does absolutely nothing for security as the NSA will just get the data before it's encrypted.

    If you don't want your data read you encrypt it before sending it to someone else.