Hi. I am using Ubuntu 22.04. I have Dropbox installed and a folder which syncs whatever is in it to Dropbox. If I create a folder on my computer within the Dropbox folder and encrypt the folder using Veracrypt (I think you can do that with the program), would that work? My idea is to use it to sto…

If you’re using a cloud storage, i.e. storing files and other data on someone else’s computer, then you can use a few different tools to encrypt your files. You can take a look at either VeraCrypt or Cryptomator as Cyrus pointed out. There are a few key differences between VC and CM that are worth p…

No worries, we’ve all had to face the transition ourselves at one point or another. Kicking off a privacy journey is a step by step process making incremental improvements over time. Good luck and let us know how it goes :slight_smile:

Hey, so I installed cryptomator and created a vault with just one folder on Dropbox to test it out first. It was very easy to do and to access the folder. Will I be able to access this folder from another computer, if I install cryptomator? Or would that only be accessible on my current computer?

You can access on other computer if you install Cryptomator and input the correct password to unlock the vault.

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Wow, thank you both so much.

And Satoshi thanks for the detailed information. Now I am concerned because I’ve used Gmail and Google Drive for so long.

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