Encrypting your Web Docs in Box.net

When I first began thinking about encryption for the cloud, I was using Google Docs to develop some ideas. The convenience and productivity of having a document that is accessible from any connected location is undeniable. However, the ideas in development were proprietary, and I began to wish that Google Docs had a Save + Encrypt button.

Box.net continues to add great value to their service. A recent addition is the ability, like Google Docs, to edit simple documents in your browser and store them directly to your Box.net account. Log on from anywhere, and start editing. It's great.



We provide an add-on service for Box.net that allows you to select any file in your Box, and with just a click, encrypt or decrypt it.

As well as a service provider and developer, I am also a user of Box.net, and, of course, our encryption service add-on. With Box.net's addition of the Web Doc, my desire for a work flow that provides easy 'anywhere' editing coupled with deep privacy, is now fulfilled. I simply:

- log on to Box.net,
- click to decrypt the Web Doc I'm working on,
- make some changes,
- save,
- and click to encrypt.

I find Web Docs + encryption incredibly helpful for storing accounts and passwords online where I can access them whenever I need them. If you're like me and have a lot of web accounts, you've got to remember a host of account logins and passwords, some of which are impossible to keep identical. A Web Doc lets me view my account information without having to download, and encryption gives me the assurance that the data is completely confidential.

Box.net continues to improve and add features to their service, and we look forward to finding new and interesting ways to enhance and deepen your privacy in the cloud.