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Dropbox acquires Boxcryptor. What will happen to all those files that have been encrypted?
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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...
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.
I just spent the last week decrypting all of my files. Very disappointing that this is their guidance. Us loyal customers are left in the cold with unencrypted docs in the public cloud, while they ride off into the sunset with their billions. At the end of the day, they never cared about privacy and protection - only developing a platform for an eventual sale.
I'm thinking of moving to Apple iCloud for my file storage, as their new "Advanced Data Protection" seems to offer similar protection whereby Apple doesn't own the encryption keys - we do. See here for more info:
I've not been able to recover my files reticent to use and lay for Dropbox account if I am unsure if the investment will pay off
