Proton Drive
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What don't you trust Microsoft or google to do or not do? And how is their track record keeping data secure "not very good"?: They hold data for countless national, state, provincial, regional and municipal governments, banks, airlines, hospitals and law firms.
Use 2-factor-authentication always always always always and go with someone reputable and I am sure you'll be fine; be that with Proton, MS, Google or any other reasonable option. It might come down, too, to the convenience and ease-of-use of the platform itself: Do they have apps or a high-quality web interface to manage your data?
Also, what does the rest of your family use? Mine are all @gmail, others @outlook; others @icloud (Apple plays this game, too). There's a technological cost to introducing more/new tech and THAT alone can be a much larger security concern than whatever has you doubting these global players in storage space.
I'd worry WAY more about the humans and their devices than I ever would the authentication mechanisms or cryptographic topology of a multi-billion dollar enterprise.
Use 2-factor-authentication always always always always and go with someone reputable and I am sure you'll be fine; be that with Proton, MS, Google or any other reasonable option. It might come down, too, to the convenience and ease-of-use of the platform itself: Do they have apps or a high-quality web interface to manage your data?
Also, what does the rest of your family use? Mine are all @gmail, others @outlook; others @icloud (Apple plays this game, too). There's a technological cost to introducing more/new tech and THAT alone can be a much larger security concern than whatever has you doubting these global players in storage space.
I'd worry WAY more about the humans and their devices than I ever would the authentication mechanisms or cryptographic topology of a multi-billion dollar enterprise.
I have been using proton drive for a long time, I would trust them 1000 times more than M$, Apple or god forbid Google, according to lawsuits that they have lost they are the worst data and personal information thieves ever.
I don't use Proton Drive but I would trust them. I do use Proton email.
The safety of your data is a low priority (or almost no priority) to the big boys.
I use Proton VPN because they are 1) in Switzerland so they have laws that are more protective to the users than US or other EU nations. 2) They have been sued and they have proven themselves in court that they don't have ways to keep track of who was using that VPN to do what.
I can say for sure that unless a US tech company is in the Pentagon banned list because they won't work with the military, I would assume at least one government in the world has the master key to my stuff. Nothing wrong with that, it is just like your employer has total control to your work phone and your work laptop and will delete something at will if you use personal stuff on it (like my employer delete my email from hotmail because I was using work laptop to send personal email using it, and my coworker got his contact list wiped off his work phone when he retired and lost his personal contacts).
The question is more of "who do you try to protect your data from" than "is Proton Drive secure".
I can say for sure that unless a US tech company is in the Pentagon banned list because they won't work with the military, I would assume at least one government in the world has the master key to my stuff. Nothing wrong with that, it is just like your employer has total control to your work phone and your work laptop and will delete something at will if you use personal stuff on it (like my employer delete my email from hotmail because I was using work laptop to send personal email using it, and my coworker got his contact list wiped off his work phone when he retired and lost his personal contacts).
The question is more of "who do you try to protect your data from" than "is Proton Drive secure".
That's why YOU take it seriously by using 2FA/MFA. Data is encrypted on Google Drive and OneDrive at rest and in transit using your account credentials.
Yes if I had needs like yours without question, proton is the only service I would use
I do use their email service both the free and pay subscription
I might be crazy, but I firmly believe this is one upfront reasonable company available to people all over the world. More so in repressive countries.
Protecting anything connected to the internet from 3 letter agencies is foolish. My concern is bad actors.
I use MFA where supported but do not trust the big boys.
I am trying to protect myself from Hollywood, who were successful in convincing the 3 letter agencies that downloading a movie is linked to terrorism and money laundering.
What if your kid somehow triggered an FBI anti terrorism squad because of some music label wanting to show the world who is in charge?
Two factor authentication can be hacked..Microsoft is way less secure than using Linux derivatives.
That's all my dad uses. I think they now have password recovery, previously if you forgot you were hosed.
The discussion is around the platform, not the OS accessing it. Using Linux as I have since 2004 I can also promise you that needing 3rd-party applications like InSync to properly use platforms for which no native Linux client exists adds a whole new array of attack and security vectors.
2FA/MFA is not trivial to compromise; it'd need a near state-level actor.
If you want the most secure email you're probably going to want Proton mail, tuta, or mail fence which supports pop encryption. Countermail is supposedly the most secure but not user friendly.
Pgp encryption
I know that was correct for their email.
If you forgot your email address, you lost all your emails since the emails are encrypted on your computer.
You would still retain your email address and inbox, but have no access to those emails so your inbox would be empty when configuring a new password.
I know they now have a password recovery which I’m always prompted to do, but I’ve never done yet.
The post about your dad makes me feel old
Everything can be hacked, but 2FA is more about outsider having to hack 2 separate path to pretend to be you. If your whole platform got taken over by one entity then any of these authentication is useless. 2FA won't protect you from a search warrant for example.
Hey built a computer from scratch in the late 70's or so before I was born in 1982. It would have cost $10,000 to buy but set him back over 2k. He still has chip sleeves as you had to solder them to the motherboard. No Best Buy in those days.I know that was correct for their email.
If you forgot your email address, you lost all your emails since the emails are encrypted on your computer.
You would still retain your email address and inbox, but have no access to those emails so your inbox would be empty when configuring a new password.
I know they now have a password recovery which I’m always prompted to do, but I’ve never done yet.
The post about your dad makes me feel old
I do want the most secure data storage and email; this is why I run them both myself. :^) But that is not a viable option for a great majority of people; so I usually just try to point out that the security and privacy issues that are of practicable concern are
