IDrive Online Storage: Comprehensive online backup and sync service

May 23, 2014

If there’s online backup that could be called “full-service” it’s venerable IDrive. Not only does IDrive provide traditional backup, real-time backup, file sharing, and syncing files across multiple PCs and devices (Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android), it’s one of the few services that still offers a free 5GB account. With Mozy and others disappearing or going pay-only, that’s significant—5GB is enough to protect your most essential data (documents, tax data, etc.)The latest hook IDrive uses in pitching its service is “NSA-proof” backup. With the NSA involved in so many open-source projects, that’s a bold claim. IDrive uses OpenSSL AES and a proprietary key generation technique according to the company. All the best sources indicate that the NSA was not involved in this portion of OpenSSL, so it should be okay.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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