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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.
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Steveme Beautiful, precise analysis. And I assume by end-to-end encryption you mean client-side (zero-knowledge) encryption. However, OneDrive does not yet offer this, as Microsoft keeps the private keys on its server. I found my peace with the minimal and affordable German cloud service Filen.io.
Martin R.19 Thanks for the clarification. Indeed, I should have rather written "zero-knowledge" encryption. End-to-End encryption is necessary but not sufficient.
Great advice on Filen.io. Expanding the list: swiss company: pcloud. Zero-knowledge can be purchased as an add-on. Also, there is cryptomator (German) without an own cloud.
StevemeThe extra charges for encryption alone made pCloud incompetitive for me. And another reason why I did not choose this service is the fact that they still have not implemented Apple's API requirements. They are working on it, but sooner or later it will mean similar and significant changes as with Dropbox. It's about moving the Cloud folder to ~/Library/CloudStorage. Cryptomator would have been a nice replacement, but since you cannot disable filename encryption, it was never an option for me.
As mentioned in previous posts, I spent weeks doing research and looking for possible alternatives after it was announced that BC would be discontinued. I guess I tested everything only to end up with Filen. For my 800 GB of media files that don't require zero-knowledge encryption and that I need "online only", I use Onedrive and I'm happy with that service as well. After all, I pay less now than I used to for DB and BC. The changes also forced/motivated me to finally use Filevault on my Macs to make sure everything stays encrypted locally as well. This new structure is very convenient to work with, because you are never directly confronted with the encryption, as was the case with Boxcryptor. Everything happens on-the-fly in the background, and you will even notice a better performance of your machines without the DB/BC couple installed and running. Using Spotlight search more effectively is just one of the benefits.
