[ale] Local/Cloud File Encryption

[Brian MacLeod]

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I agree with JD: TrueCrypt has a client for Linux, Windows and Mac.

I hadn't thought about the 4.3G idea, thanks JD for that.

Most of my encrypted volumes on my Dropbox are small (16, 32Mb), but
understand that it does take longer to sync up since if you do in fact
change the contents of a TrueCrypt volume, the entire file (from
Dropbox/cloud service's POV) should change, so, the larger the file,
the longer the sync, regardless of the actual changes.

Because of that, I can see great utility with David' suggestion of GPG
and Chris' of OpenSSL -- you're only encrypting the file itself, and
thus, only a bit more synchronizing than the time it would take for
the original file.

Balance of time and ease of use to taste.

Brian


On 8/18/13 12:30 PM, JD wrote:

> Hummm.  Thinking about this a little more, a priority organized set
> of 4.3G or smaller truecrypt files might be workable. I'd keep the
> important data in a specific file, then less and less important
> data in others by the organization. This data probably wouldn't
> change too often - quarterly for some, but others would hardly ever
> change at all.
> 
> Why 4.3G?  DVD backups. This is about the wedding photos, password
> manager data, financial docs and tax statements.  This is not about
> TB of media. I'd be surprised if all my once-in-a-lifetime vacation
> photos were over 50G total.
> 
> I'm probably over thinking the solution.

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