Use "App folder" access type instead of "Full Dropbox"

Re:Use "App folder" access type instead of "Full Dropbox" by marklawrutgers on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:57PM (#13338473)

For non-enterprise users, Dropbox's encryption is basically meaningless. If you have sensitive information you want to store in Dropbox, Google Cloud, iCloud, etc., I'd recommend using something like Cryptomator: https://cryptomator.org/ to encrypt files on the client side before uploading to "the cloud". It's open source for security experts to look through it and free for desktop OSs. I think they just charge something like 5 bucks for the iOS and Android apps.

For alternatives to the popular cloud services for the privacy conscious, there's a good list of open source projects and products on https://www.privacytools.io

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Re:Use "App folder" access type instead of "Full Dropbox" by nipunn1313 on Friday January 06, 2017 @01:19PM (#13338698)

This is not an all or nothing issue. For example, if you store sensitive videos, but rely on Dropbox's ability to transcode and preview the video in a web browser, then something like Cryptomater would not make sense. Encrypting on wire/at rest is the best you can do unless you run the transcoding yourself.

Dropbox could support both modes, but the company has obviously made a decision to prioritize one over the other (at least for now).

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Re:Use "App folder" access type instead of "Full Dropbox" by mcgrath_sh on Friday January 06, 2017 @01:04PM (#13338545)

I second Cryptomator. I used it to make an encrypted "File Cabinet" for important documents that I want on Dropbox.

It is so simple, I actually used to it show my mom show to set up an encrypted folder on a flash drive of important information she wanted to store in a safety deposit box.

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