Comment 5 for bug 375289

At UDS some ideas were discussed for encryption that provided a nice
intermediate solution - more protection than we have now, but not
crippling sharing, web ui, etc. I font know all the details, but maybe
someone else can describe the idea here.

--
Elliot Murphy

On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Jens Askengren <email address hidden>
wrote:

> If Ubuntu One is planning to implement simple web gallery like
> Dropbox,
> then files can't be encrypted on the server.
>
> Encryption could may be toggled per-directory? The drawback is that
> all
> files in the directory would need to be retransmitted to the server
> when
> turning on/off encryption.
>
> --
> Data should be encrypted on the server
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375289
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> Status in Ubuntu One Client: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> By reading the terms of use, I have the feeling that data stored on
> Ubuntu One servers is not encrypted with a user cryptographic key.
> This concerns me as my data would be at the mercy of an attacker if
> the servers security is breached (or a Canonical operative gone mad
> for that matter ;-))
>