GM Nerds. Any of my Android followers want a free Cryptomator Android license key? Hit me up! I have one, first come first serve. Only hit me up if you'll actually use it though. 😉
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gm fellow nerd. i don't even know what this is or why i'd want it. plz halp.
I thought you were chief Android nerd, hehe.
Cryptomator allows you to create encrypted containers in the cloud (eg. Google Drive) or on local drives. It's available for all platforms. Essentially it can add an encrypted layer to storage that you don't fully trust.
I have a container setup on an external SSD, just as a way to encrypt the contents of the drive without needing something like TrueCrypt which doesn't really work AFAIK with Android.
Why cryptomator?
Its a great way to encrypt files within potentially untrustworthy cloud services like Google Drive or iCloud. It kind of creates a vault that only you hold keys to.
But it's not yours if it's on their servers.
Sure, but with Cryptomator the cloud provider only owns a pile of encrypted jibberesh instead of your actual files.
How is it retrieved then if it's not your actual files?
Files are encrpyted/decrypted locally prior to upload/download from the cloud server. There's a solid breakdown of what it is and isn't good at doing here: https://docs.cryptomator.org/security/security-target/
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