Open Cryptomator from your Start Menu to get the first window to set things up (see Figure 3).įigure 3.
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Okay, all installed? Let’s learn how to use it in Windows (not much different in MacOS or Linux). Cryptomator is not portable, but it’s a safe and clean install. I could, but you really must read the terms and conditions yourself before installing anything. I could just tell you to check I agree to the license terms and conditions and start the install, trusting that I read it and will tell you it’s all good. Get Cryptomator for Windows, MacOS, or Linux from, then fire-up the program to begin installation (see Figure 2). You just move or copy your super-secret files and folders to it - and Cryptomator does the rest.
Cryptomator will create a virtual drive in Windows Explorer to access your vault. In a nutshell, you are creating a folder in your cloud storage folder that Cryptomator calls “The Vault.” The AES 256-bit encryption is automatic and on the fly. Founders of Skymatic and creators of Cryptomator Source: Skymatic GmbH Ĭryptomator is crazy easy to use. When not winning awards, they and their team develop, and give freely to the world, an open-source program called Cryptomator.įigure 1. Tobias Hagemann, Sebastian Stenzel, and Christian Schmickler (Figure 1) are the founders of Skymatic of Bonn, Germany. Where do they store this key? In what server and in what country? If it’s all the same to you, I’ll just encrypt them first and keep my own key, thank you. Did they give you a key? They didn’t give me a key. They do encrypt your files, but they also hold the encryption keys (aka the secret decoder ring). “Deanna, why should I encrypt my files if these cloud services are already doing that?” Simple. Words like “unhackable” and “uncrackable” sound an awful lot like “unsinkable” to me. Encrypt away, geeks! Do I also encrypt the files again from my end? Heck, yeah! Now, one might call me paranoid, but I’m really just a bit of a history buff. Do I trust them to encrypt my data? Sure I do. I use Dropbox (my favorite), Google Drive (or whatever they’re calling it this week), OneDrive (will always be SkyDrive in my heart), and iCloud (we all make mistakes).
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Your emails, your cat pictures on Facebook, your virtual farm in Farmville, your credit info, your bank account … yep, the cloud.īut you don’t have to go all-in with full trust. You can say you don’t trust the cloud with your files, but you do store files in the cloud. Cryptomator - a little foil on your head is quite fashionable
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