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I want to stick with "reputable" and stable service providers since I plan to upload all my files. Feature wise Dropbox seems to be ahead of everyone. But want to consider Amazon as it fits my criteria mentioned above and the price is very attractive. Tried GDrive at work but not too happy with it.

Do you encrypt your files? Most of my sensitive documents are in PDF format, so I am adding passwords to them; but not sure if there is a better solution with Dropbox.



No, not using encryption, mostly because I haven't found a solution that doesn't get into my way inconveniently. I accept that any file stored on a network connected machine could become available to others through my own or somebody else's mistake. I select what I store and where I store it accordingly. Of course that doesn't stop me from doing what I can to secure my Dropbox account: strong unique password, non-obvious email address, and 2 factor auth.

edit: Just remembered, there is one encrypted file in my Dropbox, but that also only exists encrypted on my computer.




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