Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive, Dropbox, and friends
Cloud storage
How to evaluate a cloud provider, harden the settings on the ones you already use, and when to add a client-side encryption layer on top.
What happens when you upload a file to the cloud
Drag-and-drop hides a remarkable amount of machinery. A plain-English tour of what actually happens to your file between your Desktop and a cloud provider's storage — and the moments in that journey where security matters most.
Level: beginner
Hardening Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive, and Dropbox: a settings checklist
Every major cloud storage service has a handful of settings that determine whether your files stay yours. This article walks through the ones that actually matter on each of the big four providers, and why.
Level: beginner
How to read a cloud provider's security page like a skeptic
Every cloud service has a security page full of reassuring phrases. This is a practical guide to reading past the marketing and finding what the provider is actually telling you — and what it is not.
Level: intermediate
Client-side encryption on top of Dropbox and Drive: a Cryptomator walkthrough
You don't have to leave Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, or OneDrive to get end-to-end encryption for your most sensitive documents. Cryptomator lets you add an encryption layer on top, with the provider seeing only opaque blobs.
Level: intermediate
Privacy-first cloud providers: Proton Drive, Tresorit, and the tradeoffs
E2E encrypted cloud storage exists and has for years — it's not a new category. What's new is that it's become usable. A practical comparison of Proton Drive, Tresorit, and the usability tax you pay for end-to-end encryption by default.
Level: intermediate