On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:34 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: >>> As a tool, it empowers more people to make their own cryptography decisions >>> instead of having to rely on and trust proprietary solutions. > > So what makes your program non-proprietary? Are you publishing the source? > If not, why would someone trust your package?
Yes all of the source is available. There is a tiny link on the bottom left but this also works: http://www.getsafe.org/github I'm not sure why anyone would trust my package, or any software package in general. There aren't good methods/tools available for automatic software verification, for both binary and source packages. At least with Safe being open source it's possible to audit and run a version you trust. It would be awesome if there was an independent program analyzer that could tell you possible threats from running third-party code. I think Apple has tools like this for iOS App Store approval. > Having watched the demo, I don't see that Safe does anything that the native > OS X encrypted disk image facility hasn't been doing for years… other than > offering a friendlier interface for creating the image, which is a one-time > thing. The main benefit of Safe over Mac's native disk image encryption is that it's cross-platform so you can access your files from other operating systems (Windows now, iOS and android later). Another benefit is that it's open source. A potential last benefit is that Safe might be easier to use, but that's just my opinion. If you don't need to access your data from other platforms, don't care about open source, and prefer Disk Utility's UI then you're better off using the native tools. Safe is just another tool in the ecosystem and by no means the end-all solution. I'm happy to answer more questions. Also thanks for watching the video! >> On Apr 17, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Rian Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
