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Google Drive - How secue with two step authentication?
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostThanks, good point. I do carry a USB stick on my car key ring. A friend lost his, but it wasn't encrypted, a very bad idea IMHO.
While I'm a fan of Sandisk for camera memory, their USB sticks tend to be plastic. Kingston do ones with a metal body where the loop is part of the body...
https://www.7dayshop.com/usb-flash-d...ory-stick-64gb
The memory stick won't break off the keyring and if you lose the keyring, you'll probably lose your car too.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostWhile I'm a fan of Sandisk for camera memory, their USB sticks tend to be plastic. Kingston do ones with a metal body where the loop is part of the body...
https://www.7dayshop.com/usb-flash-d...ory-stick-64gb
The memory stick won't break off the keyring and if you lose the keyring, you'll probably lose your car too.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostThanks, I have good experience of both makers. I need to think about this. The purpose of having things in my Google Drive is that my next job is going to see me working in turn from three continents. A USB drive could be a better solution.
The most insecure place you will be is a hotel or airport. The wifi in them tends to be very easy to access other people connected on to it, so having a secure document on the internet will be useless sinc eyou have to connect over wifi to access it, then type in your password etc.
If it's really sensitive, make sure you are offline in hotels etc.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThe most insecure place you will be is a hotel or airport. The wifi in them tends to be very easy to access other people connected on to it, so having a secure document on the internet will be useless sinc eyou have to connect over wifi to access it, then type in your password etc.
If it's really sensitive, make sure you are offline in hotels etc.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostThanks, I have good experience of both makers. I need to think about this. The purpose of having things in my Google Drive is that my next job is going to see me working in turn from three continents. A USB drive could be a better solution.
There are hacks for it, as with anything, but it has some degree of automatic protection.Comment
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Originally posted by missinggreenfields View PostI use a Corsair Padlock for my secure things. Physically have to enter a PIN on the device before it becomes recognizable to the machine.
There are hacks for it, as with anything, but it has some degree of automatic protection.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostThanks, good points, I am going to think seriously about the encrypted USB stick suggestion. Being in unfamiliar surroundings overseas probably swings it in favour of the USB stick.Comment
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Originally posted by billybiro View Post128GB USB Stick + TrueCrypt v7.1a + 7-zip encrypted archive backed up (and only ever used solely as an off-site backup) to Google Drive is your friend.Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostThanks very much, I'll look at that this afternoon. I'm guessing there isn't much to choose between the encryption methods, would the one built into Windows (10) not be OK?
Everyone goes on about 256 being the required standard but in reality 128 is fine. By the time anyone brute forces (guesses) the password we'll all be dead ( and the universe possibly come to an end) and anything that breaks 128 will likely break 256 as well so it's a moot point."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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