pCloud has been on the market for a number of years. They can attribute their success to their secure client-side encryption combined with all the various features, that I would expect from a cloud storage.

Client-side encryption: when it comes to storing your files online, cloud storage is the best option you have. It is often coupled with additional end-to-end encryption to ensure maximum protection.

1. End-to-end encryption this guarantees that information is exchanged safely between the endpoints. In any case, in an attempt to break the encryption, a meddler may mimic a message recipient (between key trade or by substituting his open key for the recipient’s), so messages are scrambled with a key known to the assailant. This is what is known as a man-in-the-middle assault.

2. Endpoint security – The end-to-end encryption does not specifically address dangers at the endpoints themselves. As we all know, every client’s PC can be hacked to take his or her cryptographic key to read the recipient’s decoded messages. Indeed, even the most flawlessly encoded correspondence pipe, is just as secure as the PC on the other side.

2. Endpoint security – The end-to-end encryption does not specifically address dangers at the endpoints themselves. As we all know, every client’s PC can be hacked to take his or her cryptographic key to read the recipient’s decoded messages. Indeed, even the most flawlessly encoded correspondence pipe, is just as secure as the PC on the other side.

3. Backdoors – Often the companies themselves implement backdoors ( this can be intentionally or unintentionally) which can be used to bypass the encryption. This happened, in 2013, the information leaked by Edward Snowden, revealed that Skype had a backdoor which allowed Microsoft to hand over their users’ messages to the NSA despite the fact that those messages were officially ‘end-to-end encrypted’.

The idea of customer side encryption is unique however, your information is encoded locally before it even beginnings transmitting to the opposite side. That also means that you are the only one that can open or access your files. This encryption can be used to create the Zero-Knowledge platforms that some of the cloud services use. At the moment, it is the best security solution available out there. Security of your files is very important, therefore it’s also relevant which cloud storage you’re using.