Early Beta Testers Wanted

You may or may not have heard of digitalbucket.net. Like Box.net, they provide easy, web-based file management, as an alternative to FTP.

We are in the process of creating a .NET client for digitalbucket.net that adds encryption to the upload/download process, and we'd like to get feedback as early as possible.

Here's a screenshot of the client:



Essentially, it allows you to do everything you would expect in a file manager, like upload, download, create folders, update or delete files, etc. But keep in mind that you're making changes remotely, and those changes can be seen from any other place you log in, including the web interface digitalbucket.net provides.

If you'll notice, there is an additional button called Upload Encrypted. This button allows you to select a file on your computer, and before uploading it, encrypt it using 256-bit AES encryption. To decrypt a file, you just select it for download, and the reverse happens -- it gets downloaded to your computer and then decrypted. No file ever leaves your possession without being encrypted first.

We've designed the client to be as convenient to use as possible:

• There is no installation. You just download the client EXE and run it
• We store your encryption key on our servers, so you can run the client from any number of machines.
• It's based entirely on your digitalbucket.net account, so you don't have to sign up twice (with them and with us).

What's occurring when you use this client is what we call Third Party Key Holder (TPKH) encryption. digitalbucket.net stores your encrypted data, but has no access to your encryption key. We store a key, but we never have access to your data. You're the only one able to bring these two pieces of information together.

As stated, this is an early beta which means that while it's been tested and works, features may change. In fact, getting tester feedback is an important part of determining the best features and how to improve the product.

If you're interested in being an early beta tester, please contact us using our contact form, or simply send an email to support@completelyprivatefiles.com.

You can sign up with digitalbucket.net for a free account, and while we eventually intend to charge for our client and service, beta testers who give good feedback will probably get a free account for life.