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Is there a tool to real-time encrypt folders? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking for a veracrypt/truecrypt equivalent but at the folder-level and dynamic sizing

Something like a tool which could encrypt folders in real-time and then be able to lock it up. Truecrypt expects me to provide a size for it, I'd like something more dynamically sizeable based on the files I store in it.

Even just a tool that encrypts files written into it and converts them to other files works with me

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use Cryptomator. Does exactly what you describe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just be aware you can lose your data. It is really bad with long file names and folders with a large number of files, there are multiple reports online about people losing their data. I personally have experienced this with large file names and once an entire vault that suddenly couldn't be open.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure most of the reports online is rooted back to user error.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't help the people who lost data.

And the reports are common enough that it suggests cryptomator should consider making some interface changes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm just saying it's not going to randomly brick your data. Just be cautious when performing tasks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's fair. But I'd still be really wary of something with a reputation for eating data just because a user looked at it funny.