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That's a good question. I'm not using Windows so I don't actually know whether there are any apps and windows services that use those directories in any way. The Desktop directory is one example which is heavily dependant on the actual windows desktop that you see on your screen. Which brings me to the point that I would strongly advise not to mess with those directories, because essentially you would need to convert these directories (or your whole user directory in Windows 😱😱😱) into a Cryptomator Vault. Please don't ever do that. This would mean all those files would get encrypted, but some of the Windows' services might be dependant on the files in there, and it would basically see encrypted data, i.e. gibberish, resulting in some functionality being broken or potentially even more severe problems, like being unable to log in or getting to your data. It's always better to just create a separate directory somewhere in your user home directory, like e.g. "Personal" or something, which you configure as a Cryptomator vault and then sync only that directory to your online storage like described in the video. In that case you can just move your files from your regular "Downloads", "Music", "Videos" directories into the corresponding directories within this folder. What's also nice about this is that it creates a clear separation between the things you keep locally on your drive vs. what you sync to the cloud.

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Hey! I would say no. Because the difference between Google docs/sheets files that you edit directly on Google Drive and your files, is that Google docs exist only in the cloud. They are not synced (downloaded automatically) between your devices. Also, you write and edit them using the Google workspace, which means they are "visible" in the cloud. The whole purpose of tools like Boxcryptor is to encrypt the data BEFORE it reaches the cloud, so having it visible and editable in the cloud would defeat the whole purpose of encrypting it for security purposes. Does that make sense ? Hope it helps.

No, I don't think that's possible. You can also see the following discussion with Cryptomator developers on Github related to this: github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/issues/101

@@codelistic Yes, exactly this thread. Take a look on "mozonyms commented on Jun 21, 2021". I haven't seen anybody who uses this.

@@Matt_44_44 Yeah I've seen it. Basically the guy forked the official Cryptomator repo and implemented this by himself. But I would never use anything but the official app. Btw his fork hasn't been updated in ages with changes from the official one...

​@@codelistic I see. Great, thank you for that info. I am looking for the alternative for e-Share (nCrypted Cloud) as it started to work not stable on Windows. Vivo was great (and before Vivo I used something with green logo, I do not remember the name, and also great. Both were stopped unfortunately.) Maybe, I will try Cryptomator as it seems that encrypted file names maybe will not be such a big problem for me.

No it can’t be. For this you may use Veracrypt.

Yes you can

Yes, just open your Flash-Drive, create a Vault in the drive, open the Vault and then load your Data in the vault, Close. Voila.

I meant used between windows and android.... Veracript won't do this

Now I'm having a new problem, new phone, watch a video each time video close it logs me out of crtyptomator and have to put password in again, this is on android with usb flash

Hi Frederic! I really understand what you mean. Looking back at this video myself, I see how I'm going on too many tangents. I'm also learning how to make videos in the process, and I value the kind of feedback you have just given me. Thank you! I will keep refining the craft ;-)

@@codelistic Don't feel bad; I think your video was the appropriate length and you explained everything in clear detail.

Thanks @vladpodd! It’s always challenging to strike a good balance between being brief vs. being clear and understandable. The reasoning behind using ‘key’ attribute was at the time something I couldn’t wrap my head around on how it works. I could imagine how someone who already understands it finds the video boring. Or someone who’s not interested in digging deeper, etc. But I’m really glad that my video still finds its’ target audience, so thank you very much for your encouragement! Means a lot!

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching

Hi Snowman, thanks for watching! Of course, that would work and would probably be something I would use in real life scenario. The reason why I implemented my own count here, is that I assume the point of Exercism exercises is to practice TDD and Elixir coding concepts. In the tests that are prepared for the exercise on the Exercism website, the aim is to implement your own count function. I also wanted to demonstrate basic concepts like pattern matching, lists, etc. in this video. Thanks for the comment!

How large?

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No problem. I'm afraid I don't understand your question. Could you clarify a bit more ?

Sorry for the late reply. No, you don't need to remember anything regarding the file structure. That would defeat the whole purpose of the backup solution. In case your computer dies, you should follow the following process: 1) Install and sync your (encrypted) Google Drive files (or whatever storage provider you used) 2) Download and install Boxcryptor app 3) Run Boxcryptor app and log in using your user name and password (which you chose when first installing Boxcryptor and which you SHOULD NEVER LOSE) 4) You should now end up with a Boxcryptor drive and your decrypted files inside So you don't need to copy the encrypted files over again to the boxcryptor virtual drive. After following the above process, the decrypted files should be visible in the virtual drive.

@@codelistic Thanks so much!!! That is so helpfull!!

Glad you liked it!

Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

Yes, exactly! Just go to your "My Vault" virtual drive (or however you called your vault), find the document there and edit it as you would any other document on your computer. When you make the changes and save the document, the re-encryption will happen transparently in the background. Thanks for watching!

Hi Ihtesham, I haven't really tried Multcloud (this is the first time I heard about it), but I took a quick look, and if I understand this correctly, some of the files are being synced by Multcloud from one of your cloud storages to another cloud storage you use... ? If so, are you syncing unencrypted files from one storage to another ? If yese, and there are unencrypted files that are synced by Multcloud to one of your storages, that means that since they haven't been copied through your Boxcryptor drive, of course they won't get encrypted. I don't think there is a way to encrypt them in any other way other than through your local Boxcryptor drive. That's the whole purpose of "zero-knowledge" storage, because the files never leave your local drive unencrypted, i.e. they get encrypted locally before uploading. Also, I think that Boxcryptor wasn't built with redundancy in mind, i.e. encrypting and managing the same files automatically into multiple cloud storages. In any case I would be vary cautious not to corrupt the data somehow by moving things around too much. I hope this answers your question. Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for taking time to reply, but after trying other ways I think the only way is to upload through Boxcryptor drive in pc, any synced file is not being encrypted.

That's right, what you would have to do in that case on a new device is: 1) Install and sync your (encrypted) Google Drive files (or whatever storage provider you used) 2) Download and install Boxcryptor app 3) Run Boxcryptor app and log in using your user name and password (which you chose when first installing Boxcryptor and which you SHOULD NEVER LOSE) 4) You should now end up with a Boxcryptor drive and your decrypted files And just to mention, the whole point of this is that it's a backup solution, so of course you should be able to access and decrypt the files which were backed up if your device goes to hell. The only thing to make sure if you use Boxcryptor is to NEVER ever lose your password, because it's a zero-knowledge service, and you cannot reset the password. If you lose or forget the password, say goodbye to your data forever. Thanks for watching!

@@codelistic Oh man, you helped me a lot! Youve got a new subscriber!

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped. Yes, a disk image backup would back up raw files, which means the encrypted files would be backed up. So if you would restore the backup from that raw disk image at a later point on some other machine or a freshly installed OS, you would have to set up and use boxcryptor again using your account and password (which you should never lose!) and that way decrypt your files. Another way to back up unencrypted files (visible in your Boxcryptor drive) to a different location would be to set up another backup application on your OS in a way that it backs up files/folders directly from the Boxcryptor virtual drive where you can see the unencrypted files (so not going through your regular disk path, but pointing to folder/files within your Boxcryptor drive). I have not tried this, but I am pretty confident it would work.

You're very welcome!