Although we highly value the privacy of our personal information, very few of us actually bother to read the terms and conditions or privacy agreements thoroughly when they sign up for cloud storage platforms, such as Microsoft OneDrive or Google Drive. Generally, users tend to trust that tech companies will always be morally upright and respectful of data privacy. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.
Did you know that terms and conditions often allow such platforms to view, use and sell everything you upload? The gold standard for privacy in cloud storage is zero-knowledge approach, which means that your provider doesn’t store a copy of your encryption key, so the cloud storage service can’t decrypt your files. However, did you know that neither Microsoft OneDrive nor Google Drive offer this?
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