The truth about privacy
And how to share with confidence
The topics of privacy and security are often not the flashiest of features to write about. This week however, something happened that reminded me of why end-to-end encryption is one of the most important features we’ve developed for new.space. In today’s post I want to highlight some gaps I’ve spotted in some transfer services, showcase why end-to-end encryption is a key pillar of new.space, and how you can use it to transfer, share and collect with confidence. Let’s get into it.
“Information regarding your account”
Isn’t this the most fun email to get in your inbox? I got one this week from Dropbox Sign where evidently my information had been accessed by a “threat actor”. While it does state there is “no evidence” that my documents were accessed, it is left as an open question leaving me without a sense of calm for the future of my account. Data breaches are inevitable, Microsoft had quite a few in the past few years, and it is important to remember companies and organizations of any size can be targets. End-to-end encryption is the best tool we can use here to limit the scope and severity of any potential data-breach. Nathan, our CEO, wrote a piece a bit ago that summarizes it pretty perfectly:
“End-to-end encryption makes it incredibly difficult for a mass data leak to happen because the encryption keys aren’t controlled by a central entity. Each user’s devices manage the encryption keys for them. If someone were to gain access to a service’s internal systems, they wouldn’t be able to read any of the customer data because it was encrypted with keys the service doesn’t control”
Privacy without compromise
When we started building new.space, we made a conscious design decision that all the contents shared into a space would be end-to-end encrypted. We firmly believe that security and privacy shouldn’t be decoupled from a solid sharing experience. A user shouldn’t have to choose between a product being more secure or having a better UX when considering how to share or transfer their content. We consider it a core feature of the product and, as such built a whole page on the topic to showcase how important it is.
Transfer & Send with Confidence
I wrote a bit ago about how I used new.space to collect and organize all the important documents after the birth of my daughter. This tax season, I’m using it in much the same way to prepare my important and private documents to be sent off. I trust new.space here not because we make the software, but because it is end-to-end encrypted. I hope you'll keep this in mind the next time you choose a service to send or share something.
We’ve written an end-to-end encryption FAQ, check it out if you want to learn more on the specifics of how it works. If you have any questions about end-to-end encryption, our thoughts on privacy or upcoming features for new.space, just let us know in the comments.
Thanks for reading and, as always, happy sharing!