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Re:EncFS Security Audit by mysteriousllama on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @06:56AM (#7384906)
Boxcrypter uses EncFS. Combined with the vulnerabilities discussed in this audit, this is pretty bad.
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Re:EncFS Security Audit by icebraining on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @08:01AM (#7385058)
Boxcrypter uses EncFS.

Not anymore: https://forums.boxcryptor.com/topic/opening-linux-encfs-encr...

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Re:EncFS Security Audit by nieve on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @08:25AM (#7385129)
Is the current, non-EncFS compatible version open source for the crypto components or audited by anyone reputable? If not we don't necessarily have any reason to believe it's safer.
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Re:EncFS Security Audit by tjaerv on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @09:08AM (#7385305)
Indeed, a priori one would have to assume it less secure than an open-source implementation that has been reviewed by experts. "We built our own" merely amounts to security through obscurity.
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