Hey sophie

1. 2021-07-13 at 3 AM UTC

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   Volcano Vaporizer set to maximum with a bowl full of abv Houston
   I want to use a cloud storage service to back up home movies and photos but I want to make sure that the files are encrypted and secure in case my account gets hacked or something
   Would 7zip be enough.
2. 2021-07-13 at 7:17 AM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support
   7z uses AES-256, as long as you use a sufficiently long and complex password, you could use such a service as Mega and be totally fine.
3. 2021-07-13 at 7:21 AM UTC

   #3
   Volcano Vaporizer set to maximum with a bowl full of abv Houston

   Originally posted by Sophie 7z uses AES-256, as long as you use a sufficiently long and complex password, you could use such a service as Mega and be totally fine.

   
   How long and complex should it be?
4. 2021-07-13 at 8:08 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   use veracrypt or something to create containers so you don't have to unzip the whole thing every time you want to change it
5. 2021-07-13 at 9:19 AM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   Originally posted by aldra use veracrypt or something to create containers so you don't have to unzip the whole thing every time you want to change it

   
   Well yeah but OP asked if 7z would suffice, and it does. Also @OP minimal password length should be 16 characters preferably longer. If you're on Linux install `pwgen` after which you go:
   
   

   
   $ pwgen -s 24 24
   
   K2owx3pKHAaE5k6wLc4Gv6iP BjR6VQCAGS71320ZEzBfBTmg iYyV90escPxHKwOduGoMAuNA
   7jMXDoo9uz8GsCiibA9MfgAR XIvj4QWZ90NSkU3QOwDydQy7 tqGNLPFWaSvg2JILGoWiyRPi
   Xe59yiab6k32zrm2vpbXNe2H PTWQnFtaO50zkQ1mMdeRyc78 VZ0fKVkj8EUx99Dwm88F6VeX
   OEhg7r8rqZLTAYmIzWOaKU5P sjaKXOrzBf0B8NTdSggaX8L6 kybXbWa6KS4ogP6BPrfnmIRF
   RIojZJUfGN5wnvBiPCLi8kza ULYpgUROaG55BFfZOHOieXVy NICxzt3rs64LHGiTZq6TCXjV
   18wJ6uPvZ0TF0PkOnVzfiBnD K8L2ZdvOHjY9b6GtQESAWBXj CLrOFW7dd55VMOv8cF397YRy
   zz2MCZ54d2wRjL5LaNTvro8z dMkp1yQBtHA5YCoTPDXi7PRr A46bV50j3xQewPg1zep5wgCo
   XwQgNFZoaOdlBFPFU0ALfZV1 9cutJFZrIXvIOx5ruZKLrWP1 7k5BdT5cjnpiWuqDYWxD2SnE
   

   
   
   Pick a string, use it as password.