FACT: "Your data is safer with æThe ElephantÆ than it is in your own possession. "
The reason for this is simple, any data on your hard disk, floppy or zip backup is not encrypted. So if the computer or the backup disk was stolen the user could easily restore the files and use them.
Only you are able to restore your backed up data because only you will know your private password giving you access to the files. Not even the system technicians who manage 'The Elephant' system can read your data as it is all personally encrypted and compressed prior to transmission.
Perhaps one of the most unique issues of safety resides in the fact that the data is transmitted on a virtual private network and NOT via common Internet channels. Therefore, it is transmitted directly from your computer to the server without being processed by additional servers on the Web.
Security Summary