Benefits of the Double Ratchet protocol over the constant Ephemeral DH key exchange

I’ve been reading lately about the Double Ratchet protocol, how it works conceptually. I understand generally the idea behind the protocol, that it provides Forward Secrecy and Post-Compromise security (the healing period depending on how … Continue reading Benefits of the Double Ratchet protocol over the constant Ephemeral DH key exchange

Confidentiality of data coming from a country with data protection laws stored in a country with different laws [closed]

I send very confidential items by email, such as photos, addresses, social security numbers, bank numbers, driving card numbers, and diplomas.
Everything was supposed to stay in France.
In fact, it’s an Amazon server in the USA, so no conf… Continue reading Confidentiality of data coming from a country with data protection laws stored in a country with different laws [closed]

Backup to a remote Encrypted APFS drive mounted through Samba. Is this a sound plan?

Say I have a remote machine (something like a VPS) that I have no physical access or physical authority over other than a user on it (with root access). However, I’d like to do Time Machine backups on it.
Time Machine is a mac tool for inc… Continue reading Backup to a remote Encrypted APFS drive mounted through Samba. Is this a sound plan?