SOS offers a few options when it comes to protecting your backups.
SOS ONLINE BACKUP ULTRASAFE MAX BUY NEW COMPUTER PASSWORD
After entering an account email and password, you can use standard password security, in which your encryption key is maintained on SOS Online's servers. You can also pick one of two ultra-secure choices: Standard UltraSafe and UltraSafe Max.
With both of these options, you won't be able to reset your password if you lose it. Also, whereas the UltraSafe option uses a random key to encrypt your files, the UltraSafe Max option requires you to maintain a local encryption key. You can switch between account types at a later date, but you need to delete any backup sets first. SOS Online Backup says it encrypts locally prior to transfer with AES-256 encryption, then encrypts during transit with 256-bit SSL, then encrypts it one more time using the AES-256 standard once it's at rest on an SOS server.īesides making it impossible to retrieve your password, the UltraSafe Max option doesn't allow you to use the web portal or mobile devices. You alone possess the password for decrypting your backed-up data. Managing your own key prevents the company from handing over your data to law enforcement, even if compelled to by a warrant. However, if you lose the key, even SOS employees won't be able to retrieve your data in an unencrypted state, so it's probably smart to have a password manager remember it for you. For all but the most privacy-minded, choosing standard is probably a good idea. Speaking of passwords, SOS Online Backup does support two-factor authentication, but you have to jump through a few hoops to enable it.
Basically, you need to fill out your user information in the Manage section of the website (which we discuss later) and then submit a request to a representative. Other services, including Carbonite, Backblaze, and IDrive, allow you to enable this much more easily with a dedicated option in the settings section of their respective web interfaces. SOS Online Backup is a product of Infrascale, a company based in California, in the US. Infrascale's privacy policy states that it collects a few categories of information, namely account data and system metadata. SOS uses this data to contact you, as well as provide and improve its services.
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