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Re: Dropbox acquires Boxcryptor. What will happen to all those files that have been encrypted?
Boxcryptor was acquired by Dropbox. Will encryption be available on Dropbox and when? And will encryption be available on other online storage accounts, like it was in Boxcryptor?
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Thank you for your response. Does this mean that individuals will not be able to use Encryption on Dropbox?
Yep - as mentioned earlier in different posts - only for business accounts.
If you were a Boxcryptor user before the sale to Dropbox, you can still use it as a Local Account. However, you will need to have the decryption key to do this. Hopefully, by now you will already have that key since you can only download it if your account is still active.
- Yes, actually this was well communicated by BC and hopefully everyone downloaded the keys in time. Another issue Mac users need to be aware of is that the BC app is not compatible with newer MacOS versions like Ventura or Sonoma. If you still need to decrypt files, you will need to have access to older MacOS versions or Windows. Keep this in mind. Download the BC Apps for later installation, as no one knows when BC will close the website. If you install BC now, you will have to choose the option for a local account, as your (free) online account no longer exists.
I'm on Ventura, and as far as I can tell, it is working flawlessly. However, I never upgraded to the latest version (v3.x?). I'm still on v2.48. So maybe that's why.
- thanks for the info/correction. So most probably I need to correct and limit my previous statement regarding the compatibility to MacOS 14 Sonoma. I tried to install BC 2.48 but got the error message that this version is not compatible with the OS. I didn't try BC version 3.x
