"TrueCrypt is a great encryption tool supported by all major platforms. Well, Rich Mogull at Securosis has another option to make sure your files remain safe from the hands of incompetence, and not just for Macs-it also supports Windows and Linux. In a past article, we showed you different methods for password protecting files and folders on a Mac directly from iWork and Microsoft Office, as well as creating secure PDF documents and using Disk Utility to make protected DMGs. Why would you want Dropbox to hold the encryption key and not yourself? Sure, it makes things easy to recover in case you forget your password, but it also leaves your private data accessible to Dropbox staff and their own inexcusable security flaws. But for those serious about protecting their data, this is a serious no go. The security issues arise from the architecture of Dropbox's service, which makes it super easy to upload, share and sync files online because all of the encryption and decryption happens on Dropbox’s servers, not on your actual computers. We would like this to be a seamless process in which no one has to mess around with encrypting or mounting/unmounting, just a simply password entry to gain access each time you want to open the file or folder.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Basically, we want to take the burden off of the operating system and the operator, and make all files secure in and of themselves.Īll files must be accessible at all times by all team members We all understand that it's important to keep laptops secured with passwords, but in the event that someone accidentally leaves their computer on and signed in and walks away from it, we would like to protect all of the files in dropbox so that they are password protected. There is the head of the project who "hosts" all of the files on dropbox and then there is his research team who all have dropbox installed on their personal laptops with access to these files. I'm working on a research project that involves highly sensitive information. The only thing that I have been able to come up with so far is to teach everyone how to use WinRar and to unzip and rezip (password protected) with every use of every files (sounds tedious, right?) In that scenario, using TrueCrypt, one secures the files but then they are not usable while they are secured and hiding the files doesn't make them accessible to the rest of the team. I'm aware that there is a similar thread on this subject, but I don't think that situation is similar to mine because the solution that was reached will not work for me.
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