Boxcryptor is an application that allows you toencrypt your personal data stored on any cloud service. Because, if you didn't already know, all cloud disk services, like Dropbox, do not yet offer end-to-end encryption of data uploaded by customers to its servers. This is also one of Dropbox's weak points, which shines in many other aspects.
Boxcryptor makes up for this lack by no longer depending on the cloud service used to ensure secure encryption of documents posted online.
Dropbox and Boxcryptor, a meaningful alliance
Its technology has visibly appealed to Dropbox, which announced a few days ago the acquisition of the company Boxcryptor, founded in 2011 in Germany. The new program from the German team within Dropbox has been officially announced: it will involve integrating in-house encryption technology into the American cloud service, in order to offer aend-to-end encryption for user data.
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Boxcryptor will gradually abandon its standalone activity and its work on its dedicated encryption application. It is already no longer possible to purchase licenses for the Boxcryptor software, so the company is no longer registering new customers at this time.
A delay to catch up
In any case, this is a major development for Dropbox that is taking shape. The cloud disk service should, with this significant reinforcement, manage to erase one of its biggest flaws.
If it has never lost too much of its splendor over the years, with its pioneer status in terms of consumer cloud, many competitors have emerged on the market in recent times, which has not necessarily facilitated its business. This acquisition of Boxcryptor therefore has the potentialgive back wings.
For our part, wehighly recommend Dropbox, even with the free 2 GB account, which allows you to synchronize data very efficiently between several devices, including the iPhone via an excellent iOS app. Paid subscriptions offer many thoughtful additional features, such as a password manager and note-taking functionality, among others.
As an alternative, there is always the famouspCloud, which is currently still offering special Black Friday offers, including lifetime subscriptions at reduced rates.
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