Is syncing private keys a good idea?

Posted by Jacob Johan Edwards on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Jacob Johan Edwards
Published on 2012-05-11T00:13:50Z Indexed on 2012/06/06 22:48 UTC
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Ubuntu One's Security FAQ indicates that Canonical encrypts connections and restricts access to user data. This all well and fine, and I do trust SSL for online banking and other things more valuable than my private keys.

That said, I am quite anxious about putting my ~/.ssh/id_dsa up in the cloud. Obviously, no system is totally secure. Could some knowledgeable party, then, pragmatically quantify the risks?

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