Another excellent instructional article from the guys at [TechHive](http://techhive.com).
> Not everyone wants to hold the keys to their own data, and would prefer a trusted provider takes that role on, partly because the loss of a password or key means absolutely no way to restore data or access files that are locked away. But if you’re interested in maintaining your own data’s security, you can leverage a cloud provider or software to be the lord or lady of your own domain.
I wish [SpiderOak](https://spideroak.com/download/referral/7849b23e25b7c05a3bc49e43db2f11d6)[^aff], and their encryption of your data before it’s sent to the server, would get the same kind of ubiquity that [Dropbox](http://db.tt/bl7yQBc) has. That would ease some of my security concerns.
[^aff]: Affiliate links that increase my storage space when someone signs up from the link.