#BOXCRYPTOR VS VIIVO INSTALL#
After you install BoxCryptor you mount the drive and use this access point to see the files unencrypted. It works with Dropbox, SkyDrive and other cloud drive services, as well as regular drives. Save something to its drives and it’s automatically encrypted. BoxCryptor encrypts file by file, so the overhead for Dropbox is much lighter.īoxCryptor is free for personal use as long as you only create one virtual drive. Doing some Google research I discovered BoxCryptor. Dropbox sees TrueCrypt as a single file, so if you have a gigabyte of data locked down, that’s a lot for Dropbox to handle over the internet. It’s a scary subject because if you’re not careful you’ll lock all your critical files into an encrypted volume and you won’t be able to open it again.Īt first I thought I just set up a TrueCrypt volume inside of Dropbox, but I read there were some issues with that. We’re being forced to use TrueCrypt and BitLocker at work, so I was having to learn about this topic anyway. Before Windows times out and locks my machine, people could see my home files in Dropbox, so I felt it was the time to study encryption programs. However, I started thinking what would happen if someone came into my office when I just had stepped out. Normally Dropbox encrypts your files for transfer over the net and at their storage site, and I’ve considered that good enough security. So I’m being forced to encrypt my own documents. We’re not allowed to store sensitive data on our local drives, and my own files will set off their security scanner. Because my Dropbox files are replicated to all my machines at home and work this has caused a security problem at work. I set up Dropbox to use as my primary drive for all my digital document filing. In my never ending quest to get organized, I’ve been forced to explore the world of encryption.
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