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End-to-end photo storage

I've been tasked with developing an app that will need to store photos a user takes securely, and I've been struggling to think up a method to do this. What I was thinking so far is as follows: When ...
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Best complementary algorithm to AES [closed]

I'm looking to protect sensitive data from deletion by hosting it on Amazon Glacier. I'd like to secure that data against possible hacks of Amazon by encrypting it, and I'd like for the data to be ...
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Best way to generate a IV for AES-CBC when encrypting files?

The situation is that I want to use symmetric encryption to store some info in files. I'm going to use AES-CBC algorithm. The user is going to remember the password (meaning it will not be stored ...
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How to design a cryptographically secure file hosting service

How would one go about designing something like Google Drive/Dropbox providing the following features: files are encrypted and decrypted on the client files can be synced between devices the service ...
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how much is secure to encrypt a password using itself (as encryption key) for storing it on an insecure media?

I want to store a password securely on a storage (suppose in a usual unencrypted file). I use this password as AES key to encrypt itself (using AES-ECB) & then store it on the media (the password ...
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