Western Digital’s My Cloud connected storage drive lets you build your own private cloud. (Don’t lose the key!) Alternatively, you could manually encrypt files bound for SkyDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, SugarSync, or any other cloud service, using a tool like TrueCrypt or the cloud-focused BoxCryptor. That means you are not in control of when or for whom that encrypted data is unlocked, but it also makes using the service easier-just enter your login information and go!Ī truly “zero-knowledge” cloud provider such as SpiderOak or Wuala, on the other hand, never has access to your encryption key, meaning that only you can unlock your data.
Note that while many services (such as Dropbox) encrypt your data on their servers, they control the encryption keys in most cases. You can, however, seize control of your cloud documents by encrypting them, which helps protect against the data breaches (such as two that happened to Dropbox and Apple) and government information requests faced by many cloud providers. If you slap your files in a cloud-storage locker for anytime, anywhere access, you probably don’t want to give up that convenience. You can also tell Google to stop trailing you in your account’s Web History page (at the expense of Google Now features) and take a minute to tweak your general Google privacy settings. Using your browser’s private/incognito mode will erase tracking cookies, including Google’s, when you close it. To start, you can keep Google from collecting and sharing your data as much as possible. So what can you do if you want to reduce the amount of data you’re sharing with either online monolith?įirefox’s private browsing mode kills cookies dead. Switching to Microsoft’s services still leaves your information in the cloud. But Google also makes heavy in-house use of your data, a point that touched a nerve with announcements of the company’s plans to use your real name and face in online advertising (not to mention Microsoft’s “ Scroogled” campaign).ĭivorcing Google isn’t a realistic option for most people, though, given its superior services and sheer ubiquity. To its credit, Google takes data security seriously, receiving fairly good marks in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s annual “ Who has your back?” survey.
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Just imagine the dossier the company has on you: search history, sites you visit, Google Play purchases, location data from Android and Chrome and Maps, your Google Drive documents…it looks like a lot when it’s all spelled out like that, doesn’t it? When it comes to minimizing your digital footprint, we have to start with Google.
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