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Tuesday
Nov132012

Filelocker - Free end-to-end online storage and encryption

If recent cloud storage breaches have you wondering if the web can be trusted with your files a new service launched Tuesday called FileLocker, that provides encrypted cloud storage, may give you new faith.

FileLocker, a folder sync and collaboration service, claims to provide end-to-end military-level encryption of files stored on its servers. That means that data is encrypted at its source (on your desktop), in transit (256-bit SSL), and in the cloud. Typically, web storage services offered to consumers don't encrypt data at all three of those stages.

Although primarily targeted at small and home businesses, the service, which offers 25GB of free online storage for up to five users, can be a good deal for consumers, too.

Paid accounts start at $5-per-user a month, with unlimited storage space for a minimum of 5 users and maximum of 10. Accounts include an app for the desktop and for mobile devices running iOS or Android, as well as administrative and reporting tools.

According to the company, files are protected before leaving a device with a personal passphrase known only to you. You can designate a folder and just drag-and-drop files where they're sent to the cloud using a 256-bit SSL connection, encrypted again and stored in the FileLocker cloud.

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