Hi There!
Wanted to announce the release of my native Windows/MacOSX port of
EncFS. It's called Safe, it's free and you can get it here:
http://www.getsafe.org/
Safe forms an ecosystem with similar tools like TrueCrypt. It's not for
hardcore cryptographic applications, you can't choose specific ciphers
and it makes no effort to ensure plausible deniability.
Safe's main goal is to make file system encryption easy to use and
accessible to more people. It's for every day encryption i.e. a simple
way to ensure reasonably private stuff is actually stored privately.
Peace of mind if your laptop or external hard gets stolen, or someone
hacks into your backup service. As a tool, it empowers more people to
make their own cryptography decisions instead of having to rely on and
trust proprietary solutions.
Safe isn't without limitations. Think of it like the physical safe you
keep in your home: burglars will have a hard time cracking it but given
enough resources it's not strictly impenetrable. If you need a steel
alloy vault, TrueCrypt might be closer to what you're looking for but
it's not without its own set of limitations as well.
Personally I store all my tax, legal, and medical documents in Safe.
That's just me, Safe is GPL and comes with no warranty :)
Rian Hunter
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