Thanks ForrestHODL (npub1zqm…x9fs) for an awesome guide on this open source file and folder encryption software, Cryptomator. I did a bunch of testing on it because I still have one primary Windows PC, thumb drives and some external HD’s that aren’t entirely encrypted volumes. Any one of them could now be seized or stolen and there isn’t a single shred of useful data that could be accessed. I just keep backup copies of the original files and folders on a separate machine on a fully encrypted volume, so if this software ever had an issue, I’d still have a copy I could recover. And having separate offsite storage media locked down with Cryptomator pretty much eliminates the need to have the files in a Cryptomator vault stored on any cloud service. Though that could be handy for access in the event of flight from the country without the ability to take along your hardware.
https://youtu.be/kzxdjfasHK0
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