Re: Are Free Online Storage Sites Safe?

[David H. Lipman]

From: <haly@wherever.com>

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:52:06 +0100, David_B <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>
>> haly@wherever.com wrote:
>>> I want to keep a file or 2 online for safety sake.
>>>
>>> I found this site which describes sites with free online storage.
>>>
>>> http://www.submitside.com/free_storage.html
>>>
>>> I do see that some require downloading a certain program to manage
>>> uploads/downloads.
>>>
>>> I was unaware of such sites before. Are these sites safe in regard to
>>> malware, etc.? As far as privacy goes, I will have the file PGP
>>> encrypted.
>>>
>>> No, it is not feasible for me to have CD/DVD placed somewhere else.
>>
>> Hi :-)
>>
>> You may find this recent article of interest.
>>
>> http://askbobrankin.com/save_your_ba...JF8qsvDNV8P6SL
>
> Thanks for answering.
>
> I already have Acronis TI. It has saved my butt many, many times over
> the years. What I'm looking for now is somewhere to put off site a few
> important files I want to keep secret. I also would like them to be
> able to access them from any computer.
>
> If my house, garage and outbuildings burned down, or Obama bombs them
> because I won't let him have my guns, I'd like to have these files safe.

You can ignore this troll. He doesn't understand the concepts of what you
brought up. As you can see, his answer was a red-herring.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[David_B]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: <haly@wherever.com>
>
>> On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:52:06 +0100, David_B <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> haly@wherever.com wrote:
>>>> I want to keep a file or 2 online for safety sake.
>>>>
>>>> I found this site which describes sites with free online storage.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.submitside.com/free_storage.html
>>>>
>>>> I do see that some require downloading a certain program to manage
>>>> uploads/downloads.
>>>>
>>>> I was unaware of such sites before. Are these sites safe in regard to
>>>> malware, etc.? As far as privacy goes, I will have the file PGP
>>>> encrypted.
>>>>
>>>> No, it is not feasible for me to have CD/DVD placed somewhere else.
>>>
>>> Hi :-)
>>>
>>> You may find this recent article of interest.
>>>
>>> http://askbobrankin.com/save_your_ba...JF8qsvDNV8P6SL
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for answering.
>>
>> I already have Acronis TI. It has saved my butt many, many times over
>> the years. What I'm looking for now is somewhere to put off site a few
>> important files I want to keep secret. I also would like them to be
>> able to access them from any computer.
>>
>> If my house, garage and outbuildings burned down, or Obama bombs them
>> because I won't let him have my guns, I'd like to have these files safe.
>
> You can ignore this troll. He doesn't understand the concepts of what
> you brought up. As you can see, his answer was a red-herring.

You are wrong yet again, Mr Lipman.

Perhaps you should explain to the OP that you were sacked by
Malwarebytes because of your ....... ummm ...... incompetence?

Will you do that?