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From: Jolly Roger on 25 May 2010 12:23 In article <4PSKn.4937$z%6.567(a)edtnps83>, me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly) wrote: > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > > better yet, get an encrypted usb stick. > > > > <https://www.ironkey.com/> > > Not so useful if it gets stolen. The idea is to have backups available > online in case I am relieved of all my possessions. So GPG encrypt them and be done with it. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 25 May 2010 13:17 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > So GPG encrypt them and be done with it. Thanks for the suggestion. Installing the decryptor for Windows requires quite a bit of mucking around in unfamiliar territory for me. "Finally, edit your PATH environment variable so that Windows knows where to find the program. In Windows NT/2000/XP, you will find this under the Control Panel..." If I do need those files it will be because I have lost my passport and all my documents while traveling away from home, and the last thing I am going to want to do in that situation is learn how to edit Windows path environment variables in some internet cafe where those settings are probably all locked down anyway. The idea is to be able to decrypt the file with a minimum of hassle. If there is any easier way to do this (online web-based service or whatever) that you can suggest I'd appreciate it. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 25 May 2010 13:26 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > Kir�ly <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > > I'll be traveling soon and would like to keep scans of my passport, > > birth certificate, airline tickets, etc online (encrypted of course) > > in an easily accessible place in case I lose all of what I am carying > > with me. > > Isn't this the sort of thing for which PGP is designed? Thanks for that - I poked around for a bit on their site and it looks like PGP Zip might do what I want: "If files need to be shared with others that do not have PGP Desktop, users can create a PGP� Self-Decrypting Archive (SDA) that automatically executes and decrypts files after successful authentication." I'll give it a try. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: Jim Gibson on 25 May 2010 13:31 In article <BGEKn.4742$Z6.4015(a)edtnps82>, Kir�ly <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > I'll be traveling soon and would like to keep scans of my passport, > birth certificate, airline tickets, etc online (encrypted of course) > in an easily accessible place in case I lose all of what I am carying > with me. Both Microsoft Word and PDF documents can be password-protected. Presumably, this means that the documents are encrypted as well, or otherwise one could open the document in any text editor and extract text. Images might be harder to extract. In any case, I do not know what level of security these features afford. Perhaps others can comment on what kind of encryption, if any, are used. I was able to password-protect a PNG file using Preview and saving it as a PDF document. I was then prompted for the password when I opened the document in Acrobat Reader. I was also able to create a password-protected text file with TextEdit by printing, saving to PDF, and setting "Security Options". -- Jim Gibson
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 25 May 2010 13:36
Kir�ly <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > I'll give it a try. Spoke too soon. It requires an Intel Mac. I'm still on a G4. Thanks for the suggestion, though! -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |