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Google Drive - How secue with two step authentication?

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    #11
    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    Did he work for HMRC / MoD / DWP / Other Government Agency? (Delete as appropriate)
    LOL! He was a contractor at Sellafield, so the answer is kind of yes.
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      #12
      Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
      Thanks, good point. I do carry a USB stick on my car key ring. A friend lost his, but it wasn't encrypted, a very bad idea IMHO.

      While I'm a fan of Sandisk for camera memory, their USB sticks tend to be plastic. Kingston do ones with a metal body where the loop is part of the body...
      https://www.7dayshop.com/usb-flash-d...ory-stick-64gb

      The memory stick won't break off the keyring and if you lose the keyring, you'll probably lose your car too.
      …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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        #13
        Originally posted by WTFH View Post
        While I'm a fan of Sandisk for camera memory, their USB sticks tend to be plastic. Kingston do ones with a metal body where the loop is part of the body...
        https://www.7dayshop.com/usb-flash-d...ory-stick-64gb

        The memory stick won't break off the keyring and if you lose the keyring, you'll probably lose your car too.
        Thanks, I have good experience of both makers. I need to think about this. The purpose of having things in my Google Drive is that my next job is going to see me working in turn from three continents. A USB drive could be a better solution.
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          #14
          Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
          Thanks, I have good experience of both makers. I need to think about this. The purpose of having things in my Google Drive is that my next job is going to see me working in turn from three continents. A USB drive could be a better solution.

          The most insecure place you will be is a hotel or airport. The wifi in them tends to be very easy to access other people connected on to it, so having a secure document on the internet will be useless sinc eyou have to connect over wifi to access it, then type in your password etc.
          If it's really sensitive, make sure you are offline in hotels etc.
          …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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            #15
            Originally posted by WTFH View Post
            The most insecure place you will be is a hotel or airport. The wifi in them tends to be very easy to access other people connected on to it, so having a secure document on the internet will be useless sinc eyou have to connect over wifi to access it, then type in your password etc.
            If it's really sensitive, make sure you are offline in hotels etc.
            Thanks, good points, I am going to think seriously about the encrypted USB stick suggestion. Being in unfamiliar surroundings overseas probably swings it in favour of the USB stick.
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              #16
              Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
              Thanks, I have good experience of both makers. I need to think about this. The purpose of having things in my Google Drive is that my next job is going to see me working in turn from three continents. A USB drive could be a better solution.
              I use a Corsair Padlock for my secure things. Physically have to enter a PIN on the device before it becomes recognizable to the machine.

              There are hacks for it, as with anything, but it has some degree of automatic protection.

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                #17
                Originally posted by missinggreenfields View Post
                I use a Corsair Padlock for my secure things. Physically have to enter a PIN on the device before it becomes recognizable to the machine.

                There are hacks for it, as with anything, but it has some degree of automatic protection.
                Thanks, never heard of that. Another thing for me to look at.
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
                  Thanks, good points, I am going to think seriously about the encrypted USB stick suggestion. Being in unfamiliar surroundings overseas probably swings it in favour of the USB stick.
                  128GB USB Stick + TrueCrypt v7.1a + 7-zip encrypted archive backed up (and only ever used solely as an off-site backup) to Google Drive is your friend.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by billybiro View Post
                    128GB USB Stick + TrueCrypt v7.1a + 7-zip encrypted archive backed up (and only ever used solely as an off-site backup) to Google Drive is your friend.
                    Thanks very much, I'll look at that this afternoon. I'm guessing there isn't much to choose between the encryption methods, would the one built into Windows (10) not be OK?
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                      #20
                      Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
                      Thanks very much, I'll look at that this afternoon. I'm guessing there isn't much to choose between the encryption methods, would the one built into Windows (10) not be OK?
                      As long as it used AES 128 or better then it would be fine.

                      Everyone goes on about 256 being the required standard but in reality 128 is fine. By the time anyone brute forces (guesses) the password we'll all be dead ( and the universe possibly come to an end) and anything that breaks 128 will likely break 256 as well so it's a moot point.
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