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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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 is does not require reserved valuable space that Truecrypt does (as of 05 2014 Truecrypt is considered unsafe]). | You can encrypt Dropbox with it and that has the advantage over Truecrypt that is does not require reserved valuable space that Truecrypt does (as of 05 2014 [http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/| 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. | ||