![]() What is zero knowledge encryption?Īs we discussed recently in our SpiderOak ONE review, a zero knowledge system is one where the cloud storage service knows nothing about your data. The country also is at the heart of the Five Eyes, Nine Eyes and various other international intelligence organizations.įortunately for everyone (United States data center users in particular) pCloud offers an optional zero knowledge encryption feature. Not to mention the United States is the home of the NSA and who knows how many other intelligence agencies. ![]() The USA has less privacy-friendly laws than the EU. This is much more secure than the US data center. You’ll want to use the European Union data center, which is located in Luxembourg. Fortunately, new users have the option to use either a European Union data center or the United States data center. Existing users are currently stuck with the US data center, unless they want to pay the fees to migrate their data to Europe. While pCloud is based in Switzerland, their original data center is in the United States. However, as we are about to see, there is a potential problem. Switzerland is a neutral country that is not part of any international intelligence organizations (as far as I know). The country also has stronger privacy and security laws than most nations. Founded in 2013, this small company (approximately 30 employees) says they have over 10.5 million users around the world.īeing based in Switzerland is good for the security of your data. ![]() PCloud AG (the publisher of pCloud) is a privately held company based in Baar, Switzerland.
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