Encrypting A Google Drive

Moonliner · 04-25-2012, 01:46 PM

My Gmail account now as a 5GB Google drive attached to it.

While I like the idea of using the cloud for backup, I do not like the idea of my personal data being mined for advertising or other uses.

So I've been playing around with encrypting the contents of my Google Drive using TrueCrypt.

Getting off to a good start, I was able to create and mount a TrueCrypt Volume on the Google Drive. However it does not seem to recognize when I make updates to the files in the volume. I assume that's because the size and date of the TrueCrypt volume don't change after it is created.

What does seem to work is creating the TrueCrypt volume on my local drive, and then copying the file over to the Google Drive as needed. While this does seem to work, one drawback is that I have to move the entire backup over my Internet Pipe every time I make any change at all.

I'll keep playing with this to see if I can find a better alternative.

04-25-2012, 01:46 PM	#1
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Encrypting A Google Drive My Gmail account now as a 5GB Google drive attached to it. While I like the idea of using the cloud for backup, I do not like the idea of my personal data being mined for advertising or other uses. So I've been playing around with encrypting the contents of my Google Drive using TrueCrypt. Getting off to a good start, I was able to create and mount a TrueCrypt Volume on the Google Drive. However it does not seem to recognize when I make updates to the files in the volume. I assume that's because the size and date of the TrueCrypt volume don't change after it is created. What does seem to work is creating the TrueCrypt volume on my local drive, and then copying the file over to the Google Drive as needed. While this does seem to work, one drawback is that I have to move the entire backup over my Internet Pipe every time I make any change at all. I'll keep playing with this to see if I can find a better alternative. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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