Filen: storage and keys
Filen announces client-side, zero-knowledge encrypted storage, with a starting offer that does not require a card. The key must not live only in the account: write down how you recover it.
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Filen announces client-side, zero-knowledge encrypted storage, with a starting offer that does not require a card. The key must not live only in the account: write down how you recover it.
Who can open the file
Filen announces client-side, zero-knowledge encrypted storage, with a starting offer that does not require a card. The key must not live only in the account: write down how you recover it.
Encrypted in transit or on the provider’s disk does not mean the provider cannot read it. The question is who holds the key.
Backup and sharing
Zero knowledge means the provider should not be able to read. It does not restore a file if you lose the key and no local copy exists.
SecuFocus did not measure speed or restore. Upload a test file, delete it, restore it, and only then the originals.
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