NAS newbie: how to ensure that network storage is encrypted at rest (and ideally in transit and in use) for Windows, Linux, Mac

I’m looking to buy an ~8TB NAS* for my home office (I guess it’s called a "private cloud").
I want to connect to it from Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and iOS.
How can I ensure that the network storage is encrypted at rest (and i… Continue reading NAS newbie: how to ensure that network storage is encrypted at rest (and ideally in transit and in use) for Windows, Linux, Mac

Is there an optimised yet safe way to transfer bulk data from DropBox to OneDrive?

The brute force way to do this is to download all data from DropBox to a local PC and then re-upload to OneDrive, but I see there are “cloud based” solutions (i.e.
cloudfuze, uBackup), which I assume do this via faster back-end links. Are… Continue reading Is there an optimised yet safe way to transfer bulk data from DropBox to OneDrive?

How to ensure Windows 10 is safe from critical security hole reported by NSA on 2020-01-14?

All over the news today (2020-01-14) is the story that the NSA and Microsoft have reported a critical security vulnerability in Windows 10.

But I haven’t been able to find clear instructions about how to ensure that Windows Update has wor… Continue reading How to ensure Windows 10 is safe from critical security hole reported by NSA on 2020-01-14?