[GNC] Recommendations for hosting gnucash file - Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Local server?

[Glenn Fowler]

I've had good luck with MEGA in which the client encrypts on the device
before uploading. The encryption keys stay on the device so it's zero
knowledge.

Using it on Android, Windows desktop, and Ubuntu server (MegaCmd).

There is also Cryptomator in which it encrypts the file before you use a
non private and secure 3rd party cloud service (Google, OneDrive, DropBox,
etc.)

On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 5:11 PM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

>  True, but aren't security and finances inextricable intertwined these
> days?  You already gzip the data, so it is nicely random going into any
> encryption!  Sadly, I am not seeing a lot of handy tools for this.  Windows
> does have an encrypted file feature, but it assumes you leave the file on
> the local hard drive. The password on a zip is very weak, I believe.
>
> It does save you a lot of password recovery discussions!
>     On Monday, September 9, 2024 at 10:16:30 AM EDT, Derek Atkins <
> derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>  The GnuCash team, historically, have explicitly decided that GnuCash leave
> encryption and other password protection to external tools and NOT perform
> it internally.  GnuCash is a financial tool, not a security tool.
>
> -derek
>
> On Mon, September 9, 2024 9:59 am, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote:
> > The security concerns beg the question, should GnuCash files be password
> > protected by the app?  It'd slow save and open a bit, but then you are
> > less worried about the files being snooped.
> >
> > There are also ways to encrypt local files, and back up the encrypted
> > files to you network drive.  Just make sure you do not lose the password!
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