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Also: encrypt everything you upload to the cloud with Cryptomator or something like that. I amazes me I used to put stuff directly in my pCloud folder.
Facts. I put everything on cloud (mega only) compressed with AES-256
I guess you mean encrypted.
No I meant compressed, it comes with the encryption.
AES-256 is just an encryption algorithm, it doesn’t do any compression on it’s own, so it’s not quite right to say its compressed with it. Really it was compressed, then afterwards encrypted with AES-256.
Sigh. I said i compress with AES-256. I compress my files with the compression that encrypts it. Just as the screenshot shows. (Compression+AES-256) I'm the OP of this post. Give me more credit. I know they are two different things. I think you just didn't get what I was trying to say
To avoid confusion you could say, "along with", or fully say, "I encrypt with AES-256 as I compress, in one step".
It's not necessarily about what you know, but about what readers will understand. (For example, someone who doesn't know better might read what you wrote and think there is some way to compress using AES-256 and go down a rabbit hole.)
I understood what you meant, I was just pointing out that what you said was incorrect. Even in your reply you said
Which is still not entirely correct. The compression is not doing any encrypting. They are two separate processes that the tool you are using is presenting as a single step for convenience. You seem to know what you are talking about, and I happen to know about cryptography, but as someone else in the thread mentioned not everyone knows how these things work. If we are trying to spread knowledge and tips in this community (like your post is doing) then I just saw this as an opportunity to clarify something that was incorrect. Not for your benefit, but for others.