This security app automatically encrypts your shared files for you

In this post-PRISM world, basically everyone is worried about privacy (and rightly so!) — especially when it comes to cloud-based storage. Offloading your files to the likes of Dropbox doesn’t come without a share of caveats regarding security, so that’s wherePlaces comes in. What sets the startup’s service apart from its peers, according to TechCrunch, is local, automatic, end-to-end encryption for your documents and media. There apparently isn’t another step you need to take between uploading the video of your toddler’s first steps and it being securely locked away.