Free encryption solutions for cloud storage

[Midas]

Gizmo's Freeware recently posted an interesting revamped review and Tresorit (http://tresorit.com/) comes out on top:

• Best Free Encryption Utility for Cloud Storage
  www.techsupportalert.com /best-free-encryption-utility-for-cloud-storage

The free Tresorit (registration required) windows client can be found at Softpedia:

• www.softpedia.com /get/Internet/File-Sharing/Tresorit.shtml

IMHO, CryptSync (viewtopic.php?t=21147) ought to be mentioned here, too...

[romulous]

For individual files (as opposed to containers), I prefer AxCrypt myself:
http://www.axantum.com/axcrypt/

[Midas]

Tresorit (http://tresorit.com/features) Windows client is currently v2.0.366.270 (available changelog up to v2.0.350.259 is at http://support.tresorit.com/entries/41356443; download from http://tresorit.com/download/windows).

[webfork]

Old thread update: Looks like a company came up with a cloud service sync go-between that does encryption and claims portability.

I'm less than thrilled with the way it doesn't encrypt file names, but it does work between two devices and certainly a dramatically more secure option than standard cloud service options. At least where I live you can unlock basically everything for 50/yr: https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/pricing/

Claims portable versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which is fairly unique. https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/download/ ... m=portable

Status: Untested

Mirror: https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE- ... able.shtml

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Related thread: CryptSync viewtopic.php?p=67502#p67502

[mossydoodle]

Just like to add one more tool for cloud storage encryption: https://nordlocker.com/download/
Haven't tried it by myself yet, but received an email from my vpn provider that they have released a new product.

[webfork]

Just like to add one more tool for cloud storage encryption: https://nordlocker.com/download/
Haven't tried it by myself yet, but received an email from my vpn provider that they have released a new product.

Good suggestion - that looks pretty solid and Nord has a good reputation. The PCMag review finds some issues around lacking 2FA and file wipe, but those are far from deal breakers. 5 gigs for free with sharing functions is nothing to sneeze at.

https://www.pcmag.com/review/371198/nordlocker

I couldn't tell if there were any file size limits. I could do a lot if it was a single 5 gig VeraCrypt file.

[webfork]

Cryptomator (mentioned already in forums) is an option here. It was out for Mac for a long time but appears to now have a portable version https://cryptomator.org/downloads/ via Portapps.

To be clear, if you use the web client for a given cloud service, it will just appear as junk. Only the local client can decode the encryption.