Lockbox Aims To NSA-Proof the Cloud

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 31, 2013 @06:17PM from the but-can-you-NSA-proof-yourself dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Lockbox, a tech startup founded in 2008, just received $2.5 million in seed funding for its end-to-end encryption cloud service, Client Portal. So, how does end-to-end cloud encryption work? Lockbox encrypts and compresses files before they are uploaded to the cloud. Only a person in possession of the corresponding key can unlock, or decrypt, the files. This means that the NSA, malicious hackers, business competitors, and even crazy girlfriends and boyfriends won't be be able to peer into users' most sensitive and private files."

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Obligatory 5 dollar wrench. by JWSmythe · 2013-08-31 18:24 · Score: 3, Funny

http://xkcd.com/538/

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Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Re:I like the idea by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-31 21:45 · Score: 4, Funny

if bloody Hollywood can put that type of pressure on a country, I believe a branch of the government can as well.
Hollywood is a branch of the US government!
Re:I like the idea by Zimluura · 2013-09-01 00:02 · Score: 5, Funny

tinfoil hats used to be a fashion choice. now they're a necessity.