Safely sync Google Docs with SecretSync and SyncDocs

As we've stated before, SecretSync is sync service agnostic. This means that you can safely sync confidential documents using any client-side synchronization service, not just Dropbox.

If you use Google Docs, here's how you can use SecretSync + SyncDocs to encrypt and sync your files.

SyncDocs is a great client-side synchronization utility that works much like Dropbox, except that it syncs and stores files in your Google Docs account. First, you'll need to install this application. During install, it prompts for your credentials for Google Docs.

After the installation, you'll have a local directory where you put files, and they get automatically uploaded to Google Docs. This is all SecretSync needs to do its work.

Next, install SecretSync. When it asks for the location of the Dropbox folder simply select the location of the SyncDocs folder instead:

That's it. Once the SecretSync installation is complete, it will confidentially encrypt and synchronize files through Google Docs: