gocryptfs review: encrypt folders on Linux
gocryptfs encrypted folder: a free open-source way to lock files on Linux before they sit on a disk or in the cloud. What it hides, and how to start.
gocryptfs encrypted folder: a free open-source way to lock files on Linux before they sit on a disk or in the cloud. What it hides, and how to start.
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Cryptomator creates a vault folder that encrypts each file before Dropbox, Drive, or OneDrive syncs it. The cloud sees scrambled filenames and ciphertext. The desktop apps are open source and free. The phone apps are a paid unlock. A vault mounts like a normal drive while it is open. The cloud cannot preview or search […]
GnuPG is the main free implementation of OpenPGP. You generate a key pair, then encrypt or sign files and email so only the holder of the matching key can prove or open them. It runs everywhere. Thunderbird can do basic OpenPGP without a separate GnuPG install. Plugins exist for other mail programs. Key management is […]
age encrypts a file to a small public key, or to an SSH key you already have. Filippo Valsorda designed it to avoid OpenPGP’s ceremony. One command encrypts, one decrypts. The format is documented and several apps speak it. Keys look like short strings starting with age1. It does not do the web of trust, […]
VeraCrypt encrypts a whole disk, a partition, or a file that mounts as a drive. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is the maintained fork of TrueCrypt, which stopped in 2014. Hidden volumes exist so a forced password can open a decoy container. That feature is easy to get wrong and dangerous to […]
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