I agree that this could be ambiguous. Especially for a user unfamilliar. Ian
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Anthony Ettinger <[email protected]>wrote: > I understand the differences, but it wasn't clear to me whether it > "encrypted the files" for transfer only or it actually "encrypted the > files" and stored them on the server that way. > > Anthony > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Frederik Nnaji > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Semantically, "encrypt" means a one way street. > > Only decryption can resolve the protection. > > > > Once a program offers to encrypt your data, it suggests nothing less. > > > > Browsers inform about an encrypted connection, that's a completely > different > > thing and would be totally misinforming, if formulated as "encrypt my > > files". > > > > The question here lies in whether the transmission should ask the server > to > > encrypt, or we encrypt data locally and simply append to the already > > encrypted remote file.. > > > > > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > ________________________________ > > On 25.04.2010 06:02, Anthony Ettinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One suggestion I have is for the checkbox "[x] Encrypt backup files" > > -- it's unclear whether its only transferred to the cloud encrypted, > > or if it's actually stored on the cloud encrypted too. > > > > For me, I wondered if it meant the difference like using scp vs. ftp > > -- once the file is in its destination it isn't encrypted (unless the > > file itself is encrypted by some other means)...or whether it actually > > stores your data on the S3 server in an encrypted format (obviously > > this would be ideal and would be nice to know that if it is or isn't > > the case). > > > > Perhaps: > > > > [x] Encrypt backup files > > (encrypts data on server and while transferring) > > > > [x] Encrypt backup files > > (encrypts data while transferring only) > > > > > > ...whatever the case may be. > > > > -- > > Anthony Ettinger > > http://anthony.ettinger.name > > [email protected] > > +1 (831) 406-1123 > > > > > > -- > Anthony Ettinger > http://anthony.ettinger.name > [email protected] > +1 (831) 406-1123 > _______________________________________________ > usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > -- Ian Bentley M.Sc. Student Queen's University Kingston, Ontario
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