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riccardo1981
2 years agoNew member | Level 2
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 an...
- 2 years ago
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.
apfund
Dropbox Product Manager
Hi Anton,
I totally understand that you are not happy with the current situation.
However, I want to confirm once again that we are already working on zero knowledge encryption, natively integrated with Dropbox for business customers. While I can't confirm a specific timeline or roadmap at the moment, I want to assure you that we are aware of your need for this native integration. Our team is working hard to deliver something as quickly as possible. Nonetheless, we need to make sure we deliver a product that meets the needs of our users - from a product, usability, and security perspective. I will let you know as soon as there is an update on end-to-end encryption here at Dropbox. Thank you for your patience!
Anton D.
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
What a bunch of @#$%, I'm sorry, So much for seamless transition.
All this means is that Andrea & Robert cashed in and left the users in limbo. Shame on them (but they do not seem to care). "No comment", seems to be their line.
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