Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Help Please : Encryption App Opinions?

B

BeautifulWoman_1984

macrumors demi-goddess
Original poster
Sep 5, 2016
543
70
Hey guys,

Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong forum, but my question involves MacOSX, Windows and Linux so this seemed like the best forum.

I'm just looking for the safest and most reliable encryption App to use across MacOSX, Windows and possibly Linux.

I've been using Microsoft's BitLocker to encrypt some files, but to open these BitLocker encrypted files I need to be using Windows 10 Pro. Windows 10 Home doesn't have access to BitLocker.

It seems like a bad idea for me to be tied down to Microsoft's BitLocker because of the need to have Windows 10 Pro... :( :( :(

What can the experts here recommend for me?

Thank you so much for any advice!
 
And that's one of my (many) major issues with Windows. The segregation of Windows features.

In any case, I recommend going open source. macOS and most Linux distributions come with OpenSSL built in, though it's not really meant fo full-disk encryption; It's just like "encrypt this file" kinda thing. As for full-disk encryption, I know of no tool that can encrypt your entire boot volume that isn't OS specific, though you could of course split your boot disk up and only use the boot volume for booting
 
casperes1996 said:
And that's one of my (many) major issues with Windows. The segregation of Windows features.

In any case, I recommend going open source. macOS and most Linux distributions come with OpenSSL built in, though it's not really meant fo full-disk encryption; It's just like "encrypt this file" kinda thing. As for full-disk encryption, I know of no tool that can encrypt your entire boot volume that isn't OS specific, though you could of course split your boot disk up and only use the boot volume for booting
Click to expand...
Thank you for your reply Casperes!

I'm not looking for a way to do "full-disk encryption" but only to create encrypted folders.

Are there any particular encryption apps people can recommend?
 
BeautifulWoman_1984 said:
Thank you for your reply Casperes!

I'm not looking for a way to do "full-disk encryption" but only to create encrypted folders.

Are there any particular encryption apps people can recommend?
Click to expand...

Well in that case; If you're okay with Terminal,

openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in secrets.txt -out secrets.txt.enc

Replace the in and out files with what you're encrypting.

And to decrypt:

openssl aes-256-cbc -d -a -in secrets.txt.enc -out secrets.txt.new

Again replacing in and out with respective file names.

OpenSSL is included in macOS out of the box as well as a lot of Linux distros :)
 
I use The Vault or Crypto Disks, on iOS (not sure if they are cross platform) and lately for a password file I share with Windows, I just turn the document into pdf and encrypt it with Preview.
 
Thank you for your replies!

However, I'm looking for a solution that's cross-platform: Windows, Mac and possibly Linux.

I don't want to keep using BitLocker because in my country Windows 10 Pro is about $200 more than Windows 10 Home.

How can I find a safe and trustworthy encryption company?
 
Back in my misspent Windows days I used to rely on BestCrypt to create encrypted volumes. It worked really well, very easy to use. That was about 20 years ago, but I'm pleased to discover just now they're still going strong and BC now runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.. It costs money though...

Data Wiping & Encryption Software - Jetico

Jetico provides wiping and encryption software for all sensitive data throughout the lifecycle. Wipe with BCWipe & Encrypt with BestCrypt.
www.jetico.com www.jetico.com
 
GPG is your best bet. There are implementations of it for all 3 of those operating systems.
 
BeautifulWoman_1984 said:
Hey guys,

Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong forum, but my question involves MacOSX, Windows and Linux so this seemed like the best forum.

I'm just looking for the safest and most reliable encryption App to use across MacOSX, Windows and possibly Linux.

I've been using Microsoft's BitLocker to encrypt some files, but to open these BitLocker encrypted files I need to be using Windows 10 Pro. Windows 10 Home doesn't have access to BitLocker.

It seems like a bad idea for me to be tied down to Microsoft's BitLocker because of the need to have Windows 10 Pro... :( :( :(

What can the experts here recommend for me?

Thank you so much for any advice!
Click to expand...

If you want to store stuff in the cloud like in Dropbox or iCloud, you can use Cryptomator.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back