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Re: Encryption

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Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> writes:

> On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:36:54 -0400, Wes Groleau wrote:
>
>> On 08-07-2012 20:07, Jim Janney wrote:
>>> Gary <gary_w1@hotline.com> writes:
>>>> I have a text document which I use to keep track of my passwords,
>>>> logins, program registration codes, etc.
>>>>
>>>> I am concerned about the havoc that could result from it getting into
>>>> the wrong hands, especially with the potential exposure of iCloud and
>>>> Dropbox services.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a simple technique I can use to encrypt it such
>>>> that I could decrypt it (by knowing the password to the file) either
>>>> on iPhone, iPad, Mac desktop or PC laptop?
>>>
>>> Wuala covers all those platforms and is at least theoretically safe
>>> from cracking, since the server only sees your data after it's been
>>> encrypted.
>>>
>>>      http://www.wuala.com/
>> 
>> You know, I think the are probably safe.  But I feel obligated to point
>> out that it is _possible_ the app also passes the decryption key over to
>> them.
>
> The other point about Wuala is that it requires Java.  Given the number 
> of security holes that have been found in Java, I don't really want to 
> run it on every system.  Once Apple cease software updates for the 
> versions of OS X which contain Apple's Java distribution, that could get 
> worse.
>
> This is already the case for Leopard,  Given the informed guesses in this 
> newsgroup about likely dates that Apple stop issuing updates for Snow 
> Leopard, it is something to be considered.
>
> A reminder about Flashback:
>
> <http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/13/apple-updates-java-for-lion-and-snow-
> leopard-in-sync-with-oracle/>

As it happens, I'm running Snow Leopard with Java installed, but I have
Java turned off in Safari.  Other than running malicious applets, are
there any security holes I should worry about?

-- 
Jim Janney

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Encryption Gary <gary_w1@hotline.com> - 2012-08-07 05:34 -0400
  Re: Encryption nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-07 09:45 -0400
    Re: Encryption Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no> - 2012-08-07 18:23 +0200
      Re: Encryption nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-07 12:43 -0400
  Re: Encryption "Douglas C. Neidermeyer" <sgt@arms.omega.faber.edu> - 2012-08-07 10:34 -0400
  Re: Encryption Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-08-07 18:07 -0600
    Re: Encryption Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-07 22:36 -0400
      Re: Encryption Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-08-08 11:01 +0200
        Re: Encryption Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-08-08 16:14 -0600
  Re: Encryption Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2012-08-07 23:12 -0400

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