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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.
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I would be very surprised if Dropbox continued access to storage provided by the competing sites that Boxcryptor supported. But I think your question about local encryption is a good one. I have seen nothing from either company to address the question.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIgordbox from what I've read Boxcryptor is going to be an offering to paid business users rather than anybody and everybody. So unless you have a DfB account it wont be possible to use it
Not the answer I was hoping for, but thanks for answering. Now I know where I stand.
- Mark
Just as a ref. point this is the article I was talking about: https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-to-acquire-boxcryptor-assets-bring-end-to-end-encryption-to-business-users
Re: "Boxcryptor is going to be an offering to paid business users". That is sad. I guess it is time to signup for iCloud and get the Advanced Data Protection for iCloud.
I am a novice user compared to what I am seeing posted here. I have been a BC user for many years and was sad to see that it is on the way out. I managed to decrypt all of my files and I have been considering alternatives. I just signed up for AxCrypt and I am finding it difficult to work with, at best. When I linked my DB account, practically nothing is showing up except for a few folders from many years ago. Has anyone else experienced this?
bookbean1 I don't know AxCrypt, but on their website it says under "Download"... "Other cloud drives like iCloud, DropBox, OneDrive and others will be supported in upcoming versions...". So this is still not a solution for a local Dropbox at the moment. What gets encrypted when and where, and whether it is local zero-knowledge encryption, I could not see on the fly. The question might also be why you prefer to use the combination of AxCrypt and Dropbox.
