You are wrong about the way your password is sent to the server, but your distrust of their service is not without merit.
Password is encrypted using JavaScript and bcrypt in the browser so that the server never sees your password. If you don't trust that, then you can disable JavaScript on the signup page and instead you will be given an activation code to use inside of the client.
None of this matters though since their client is still closed-source. Meaning you can't trust they are doing what they promise. Even if they are doing what they say, there's nothing keeping them from pushing an update to the software that steals your password. Moral of the story? Always encrypt your data yourself instead of trusting a closed source program.
Edit - need encrypted cloud storage with an open source client you can trust? Try on of the following:
Whilst on the topic of filesync programs, I'd be interested to hear what you all think of seafile (github wiki here).
It seemed to work well when I tested it on my vps. Haven't tested it extensively or under high loads though.
Is has the following amongst other things:
A los/as que estéis interesados/as en este tema, os dejo un documento que presenté hace unos días en la comisión de Actividad Política del círculo de TICs. Ojo, es un documento que no ha sido votado aún.
Tiene dos partes: la primera tiene una función pedagógica, explicando qué es el software libre y los diferentes modelos de negocio en torno al mismo.
La segunda parte defiende el uso del software libre en las administraciones públicas y en Podemos, desde un punto de vista ético, económico y legal. También incluye un listado de propuestas concretas para Podemos y para las Administraciones.
Cualquier comentario es bienvenido ;)
Thank you, awesome tip! So this is the command that let's you change the client's settings: > seaf-cli config -k [key] -v [value(true/false)] More Info: Seafile CLI Manual
Btw: The icon still doesn't show up, I even tried building the client from source... When starting e.g. Spotify from the terminal, there's a message saying "No systemtrayicon available". This leads me to believe that it is indeed an OS-related problem.
Thanks again.
Sure Owncloud is much simpler to deploy; 1 click install and only 1 port (443). The application is PHP so it is secure as long as PHP is secure.
You need to open 3 ports in your firewall config : 443, 10001 and 12001.
The seafile client and server exchange control messages via ccnet (port 10001), and the data stream goes through a separate TCP connection (port 12001). Data exchanged through those ports seem to be encrypted according to this page. Last, Seafile services shouldn't be run as root (of course:D).
Sounds like homework help.
You should provide the file you are working on, or at least a screenshot.
Useful commands and functions:
Ctrl+F <- find
=min(C2:C9000) <- displays the minimum value in column C (9000 rows)
=average(B2:B25) <- displays the average daily rate, assuming your hourly rates are in column B
"fill handle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_FSKbIIWbs
Here's a spreadsheet i made based on what you're asking. maybe it will help. https://seacloud.cc/f/1861327a0b/
Quite the contrary, seafile does a good job on security. Seafile support data encryption (client side encryption, which means your data can not be stolen even if your server is stolen!). You can read about it in https://seacloud.cc/group/3/wiki/faq-for-security-features/. Seafile's underlying data model is simlar to git, but it has nothing to do with git when speaking about security.