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Dropbox acquires Boxcryptor. What will happen to all those files that have been encrypted?
Hi
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 and wait for communication on how the transaction will be handled by Dropbox ?
Boxcryptor was used to encrypt files using other cloud services, will this change ?
Thank you very much
Riccardo
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 we’ve 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 you’re an existing customer, you can keep using Boxcryptor as you do today, and we’ll be in touch with more details as we join forces with Dropbox. If you’re new here and would like to stay up to date on Dropbox’s progress, join the Dropbox mailing list.
You will also find the most important FAQs regarding the next steps below.
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Ok, but who got access to the (private) keys? Are they stored on sync.com servers? Than it's E2EE yes, but not zero-knowledge wich is pointless.
I've tested filen in its early days - unfortunately they use still electron for the macOS client - sorry. Don't like it.
- Of course, zero-knowledge is a must, and private keys should only reside on your device. You will have to check this for your preferred service.
Please let me know what's wrong with Electron. Thanks. I went ahead and moved everything to Tresorit. Seems to do what I need (full sync / selective sync of various folders with E2EE and encrypted file sharing). Will keep Dropbox running for a month or two as a temporary backup, then I'm finished here.
Boxcryptor was such a fantastic product. All good things, I guess. Adios!
Cheers I came here for a recommendation of a Boxcryptor alternative, because I guess they're not offering encryption to Dropbox free users instead. Guess they didn't realise encryption is important for personal use not just for business..
I'll look at encrypting my stuff on Tresorit if you'd recommend, sounds a lot like what Boxcryptor did. Is it able to link to Dropbox also to encrypt files in-place? I still use Dropbox Free for family folder access and other nostalgic files that don't really need encryption, just handy
am using Crytomator and I am very happy with it. A bit more involved but really good.
Combined with Mountain Duck, which mounts Cloud drives with a drive letter and Files 3.5, which shows these, I have everything I need.
Still wish Boxcryptor was available, but I have fond an answer that works for me.
