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Gmail Disk Drive for WindowsI already mentioned the ability to pull this off in Linux, but now somebody has made it so Gmail can appear as a drive in My Computer. Right on! Link via Waxy. Posted by Jake on 10/17/04 @ 12:12 PM
Posted in Cool, Geekdom | 5 Comments | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon 5 CommentsDave M. said on 10/17/04 @ 12:35 PM:My only concern with this is the security risk. I have heard of a few people who have had their Gmail accounts hacked. If you are going to use Gmail as an "external" disk drive, I would suggest putting only unimportant "safe" stuff in it. If someone somehow gains access to your Gmail account, having access to secret/incriminating info just isn't good. Carson said on 10/19/04 @ 06:04 PM: Awesome! Works easily on my XP Home PC. Nice link as usual, Jake. Dieter Demerre said on 08/23/05 @ 08:01 AM: If you fear your gmail account would be hacked, of google itself would (as they are entitled according to the user-agreement) consult your data (files stored in your account), you should use a cryptographic file-system. How ? (watch it, I haven't tested it and certainly the performance might be a problem, so you could use the cryptfs on gmailfs as a backup-medium, but probably not as a life-system.. don't know, haven't tested). $ GmailFS=/mnt/gmail1; $ FILE=${GmailFS}/cryptfile; $ DEV=/dev/loop1 /* mount the gmail filesystem, */ $ mount ${GmailFS} /* create an empty file for the cryptographic filesystem: */ $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=${FILE} bs=1M count=512 /* attach the file to the cryptographic device */ $ sudo /sbin/modprobe cryptoloop $ sudo /sbin/losetup -e twofish ${DEV} ${FILE} /* create the filesystem */ $ sudo mkfs.ext3 ${DEV} /* mount the cryptographic system */ $ sudo mount ${DEV} ${MOUNT} -t ext3 now you can use ${MOUNT} directory as a really good protected filesystem. /* shuting down: */ $ sudo umount ${MOUNT} $ losetup -d ${DEV} $ umount ${GmailFS} Nameless One said on 09/15/05 @ 06:07 AM: Doesn't work anymore, sadly, and I really can't be bothered to Linux in... michel said on 08/16/07 @ 03:02 AM: Use truecrypt for gmail encryption: http://www.truecrypt.org i don't know you can use the encrypt hard drive future but the encrypt to file function does work properly (my advice: use a stored else ware saved keyfile to maximize security Post a comment |
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