There were two conceptual hurdles I had to get past for the SpiderOak service to truly “click” with me. Your data is locked away forever and you must start over. If you don’t know your password, then it’s game over. They also have no way to reset your password if you have forgotten it. ![]() Even if served with a warrant or threatened with torture, there is no way for them to divulge your data or passwords. They have no way to decrypt any of your data since all of the encryption/decryption occurs at your end. You come up with a passcode to encrypt your data and they simply store it. The most important thing about SpiderOak’s engineering and philosophy is that it is designed to be a zero-knowledge system. If you are considering a similar transition, I hope this post will help you through. It got the job done, but it was a little confusing and awkward until I figured a few things out. I signed up for SpiderOak (referral link - I get an extra gig of space, you do too) at the time. ![]() The latest ToS change, in which they now own all of your content, made me glad I have an alternative. But the ToS change left me wanting to sample alternatives. ![]() Not only was it a great way to transfer files from home to work and back again, but from machine to machine on my home network, to share big files with friends, and (most importantly) the de facto way of syncing iPhone app data. Over time, it had integrated quite extensively into my workflow. The ToS changed from “we simply do not have access to your data” to “well, yeah, our employees technically do have access to all of your stored data, but just trust us that nobody actually looks at it unless somebody drops by with a warrant.” Up until that point, I loved and trusted Drobox. Back in April, Dropbox changed their terms of service, implying they lied about who can access your stored data.
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