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Dropbox acquires Boxcryptor. What will happen to all those files that have been encrypted?
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As most will know, dropbox has purchased boxcryptor. At this point my question is, what will happen to all those files that have been encrypted with boxcryptor ? Should they all be decrypted an...
riccardo1981 wrote:
At this point my question is, what will happen to all those files that have been encrypted with boxcryptor ?
Since this is such a new development, such answers are likely not available yet, beyond what has been stated by the Boxcryptor founders (emphasis mine).
What does this mean for our users and customers?
First of all: All our existing users and customers will remain with the German Secomba GmbH with the same shareholders as during the past 10 years. No contracts, customer data or keys will migrate to Dropbox, all data will remain in our German data centers.
While weâve sold several key technology assets to Dropbox, we will continue to service our existing users and customers pursuant to the terms of their existing contracts. However, as of today, we will not allow the creation of new accounts or purchases of any new licenses.
If youâre an existing customer, you can keep using Boxcryptor as you do today, and weâll be in touch with more details as we join forces with Dropbox. If youâre new here and would like to stay up to date on Dropboxâs progress, join the Dropbox mailing list.
You will also find the most important FAQs regarding the next steps below.
apfund
Dropbox Product Manager
Dropbox Product ManagerThanks for initiating this discussion and asking questions about the Boxcryptor integration.
I'm Andrea, product manager for our native end-to-end encryption solution. I can confirm that we are working on this product (zero knowledge encryption, natively integrated with Dropbox) for business customers. While I can't confirm a specific timeline or roadmap at the moment, I want to assure you that we are aware of your need for this native integration. Also, we (and especially I personally) read your comments/wishes/ideas and all feedback shared in this forum.
Andrea,
So good to see you engaged in the discussion but still terribly disappointing to see the timing of everything as well as hear that Boxcryptor will be abandoning personal or family account zero knowledge support. Iâve been a Dropbox personal user for many years but I also run a Software company. This is not how to treat customers and really soured my opinion of the company such that I am abandoning (sadly) the use for personal, moving away from my consideration for our business, and withdrawing any recommendation I formerly had for the software. Sounds like youâll have a great product but need to work hard to regain trust. Again, great move to chime in with the help and all the best as things move forward.
So good to see you engaged in the discussion but still terribly disappointing to see the timing of everything as well as hear that Boxcryptor will be abandoning personal or family account zero knowledge support. Iâve been a Dropbox personal user for many years but I also run a Software company. This is not how to treat customers and really soured my opinion of the company such that I am abandoning (sadly) the use for personal, moving away from my consideration for our business, and withdrawing any recommendation I formerly had for the software. Sounds like youâll have a great product but need to work hard to regain trust. Again, great move to chime in with the help and all the best as things move forward.
- apfund
chrissos Thank you very much for your open and honest words. I can assure you that our team is working hard on the native integration of end-to-end encryption and will inform the community as soon as the new feature is available. I would be happy if you would try the feature again once it is available and give it another chance.
