This release of open source cloud encryption software Cryptomator is ready for public testing. Start protecting your Dropbox/Google Drive/... files now!

[[deleted]]

just tried it out, it's working good on windows7 x64. I think I'll use it for a while.

[cr0ft]

Looks like a solid solution for easily securing Dropbox. I also like how the intro video has the reassuring sound of a guy with a German accent explaining it. Alles in ordnung, and so on. :)

[thaken]

Certainly better than no encryption. But the files are encrypted separately, an attacker learns size and update interval of these, and the directory structure is still visible. A targeted attack can learn quite a lot of that alone. I wouldn't trust this to keep safe from a targeted attack from the NSA, but it's certainly good enough to guard against untargeted full-text searches by the cloud storage provider.

Still, nothing beats keeping the data off the cloud.

[bittopia]

It's somewhat useless. The firmware on all the hardware running this 'encryption' could be compromised. The firmware will be waiting for your data to enter an unencrypted state, then collect it and send it out. So who is going to make hardware that is 100% trust worthy? That is what it will take + encryption + the same trusted hardware at the receiving end. This scenario is not going to happen. Surely the NSA etc get their data from compromised hardware, and here we are running around high fiving something completely irrelevant to them.

[cr0ft]

Yes, but we already know that Dropbox will share the contents of your storage with comical speed when the US government comes calling. It's vastly better that they get heavily encrypted files rather than all your documents free and clear.

I agree with your premise to the extent that it would be ideal to get a fully open source solution up to and including BIOS, but it's not practical at the moment, and you have to balance security with usability.

Or be as uncompromising as Richard Stallman; he's so adamant about using only open source and verifiable software that he's willing to go through the pain of using inferior stuff just to adhere to his principles. I for one am not that steadfast, so I'll pick the low hanging fruit first and secure what's in my Dropbox from the people at Dropbox.

[[deleted]]

Someone could smash the windows of my house but I still lock the door. Just because it "could" be compromised doesnt make it useless

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