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Encfs is an encryption program that is suitable for encrypting content on an already installed system. It can be used for encrypting your /home or you can make smaller private directories that can hold your encrypted data. | Encfs is an encryption program that is suitable for encrypting content on an already installed system. It can be used for encrypting your /home or you can make smaller private directories that can hold your encrypted data. | ||
You can encrypt Dropbox with it and that has the advantage over Truecrypt that | You can encrypt Dropbox with it and that has the advantage over Truecrypt that it does not require reserved valuable space that Truecrypt does (as of 05 2014 [http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/index.html| Truecrypt is considered unsafe]). | ||
Encfs does not reserve a space on your HD and simply grows and shrinks with the files you put in there. | Encfs does not reserve a space on your HD and simply grows and shrinks with the files you put in there. | ||