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BoxCryptor Editor's Review

In recent years, popularity of cloud storage services has soared upwards. Gone are those days when you relied on a bunch of DVDs or external drives to take back up of personal data and media content. Now, you can use many cloud services and upload, share and sync data across multiple devices whenever you want. However, like everything else in technology, Cloud storage services come with their downsides too. Not all such services offer adequate security for uploaded data. While service providers like Dropbox have encryption, it is not something you can control! Manually encrypting using Zip applications can be tedious before you upload data. This is where Boxcryptor comes into play. This freeware can be used to encrypt your data on some popular cloud services.

Boxcryptor can be used on Windows XP and later versions and it has a Mac client too. With this app, you can encrypt files and save them using cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive. Installing the app is simple. You need to download the apt client and sign in for its services online. It gets completed within a few minutes. The company offering Boxcryptor has clients for Linux, iOS and Android too. Its free edition is for a single drive but the paid licenses offer support for multiple devices and PC. The free version supports one cloud service at a time too.

Boxcryptor makes a virtual drive on the PC HDD and this can be accessed just like any folder on your PC. If you want to encrypt a folderor file, just right click on it and select encrypt menu. It will turn green. When you drag and drop files in an encrypted folder they will become encrypted too. Decrypting files can be done the same way. Boxcryptor deploys 256-bit AESencryption and so your data will be really secured.

The app makes sharing encrypted files with others painless. At first, you will need to share the file using a cloud storage service. It offers access to that file. Then you have to share that file in Boxcryptor. Thereafter, the person you have shared the file with, can access it. However, the recipient also needs to have Boxcryptor installed in his or her PC.

The app prompts you to create a password that should be used to access files stored in its virtual drive. Opening such files without password is not possible. The downer is that once this password is set, it cannot be reset or retrieved. So, if you forget the password, you will have to wash your hand off the encrypted data.

The mobile apps for Boxcryptor work quite well and the Android app, in particular is quite intuitive. It gels seamlessly with Dropbox.

Positive Points:
• Password based encryption ensures fail- safe security.
• Supports popular cloud services.
• Apps for almost all Mobile Operating Systems work well.
• Simple operation.

Negative Points:
• Forgetting Password can be disastrous.
• Free version comes with limitations.

Conclusion:
Boxcryptor ensures data stored in your cloud service account remains safe from everyone, literally. The strong 256 bit AES encryption is reliable and even the cloud service provider cannot access your encrypted data. Data decryption and sharing is also simple. The free account, while easy to set up, comes with some limitations. Forgetting the password of your account can be disastrous. However, it is quite a useful application to have if you are a frequent user of cloud services for data storage.
Rating:4.0/5







BoxCryptor Publisher's Description

BoxCryptor is a cryptographic virtual harddisk that encrypts all data on-the-fly using the AES-256 standard. Encrypted data is stored in an arbitrary directory of your choice, e.g. one that is synced to the cloud like your Dropbox folder. Access your encrypted files on all devices. We have BoxCryptor for Windows, Android and iOS - and even support Mac OS X and Linux.

When saving files to the virtual harddisk, BoxCryptor encrypts them on-the-fly and stores the encrypted files. When reading files, BoxCryptor decrypts them in real-time so that they are accessible as any other unencrypted file.

BoxCryptor works on individual files at a time and not on container files. That means no need to resize volumes and no problems to synchronize or backup individual files!

Free download from Shareware Connection - Save files to the virtual harddisk and BoxCryptor encrypts them on-the-fly

Publisher: Acomba UG | License: Shareware | Price: 39.99
Version: 1.3.0.0 | Size: 2970 KB | Platform: WinOther
Released Date: 05-10-2012 | Rating: 5 | Title: BoxCryptor

Author Url: http://www.boxcryptor.com/
Program Info Url: http://www.boxcryptor.com/contact.php
Download Url: http://www.boxcryptor.com/download/BoxCryptor_v1.3_Setup.exe
Screenshot Url: http://www.boxcryptor.com/wp-content/uploads/thumb-preferences.png

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