Can the 'Do you want to encrypt it?' message that appears when copying files be turned off

miho

I have a mixture of encrypted and unencrypted folders in my dropbox folder and every time I want to drag and drop a file into an unencrypted folder Boxcryptor asks me 'You are trying to create an unencrypted file or folder. Do you want to encrypt it?' The problem is that this message only appears briefly and then minimises once the Windows copy progress box appears. If I don't see the Boxcryptor message before it minimises, the PC will just sit there until eventually it gives up trying to copy the file.

Is there any way to turn this feature off so files are just copied to both encrypted and unencrypted folders without a message appearing?

Robert

Hi,

Yes it is possible. See our changelog here: https://boxcryptor.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1188696-boxcryptor-2-0-for-windows-changelog)

Added: When creating a file or folder in a plain text folder a dialog pops up asking the user if he wants to encrypt the file or folder (This dialog can be disabled by adding '"dontConfirmPlaintextOperation": true' in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Boxcryptor\volume.db)

When disabled, files or folders created in an unencrypted folder will also be unencrypted and files or folders created in an encrypted folder will also be encrypted.

Best regards,
Robert

PS: We will add a "Do not show again" checkbox to the message box in a future release.

miho

Thanks Robert - problem solved.

SteveMB

Thanks; I was also having that problem. Note that the text

"dontConfirmPlaintextOperation":true

needs to be inserted before the final "}" character of volume.db, and that it needs to be separated from the rest of the parameters by a comma. The volume.db file can be edited with Notepad or any other plain text editor.

pongnguy

Thanks! This was really nagging. Otherwise this is a fantastic product.

Eliandi

This procedure works only for Windows.
How to do it on Mac OS X ?

Robert

Yes, please see the "disablePlaintextWarning" preference in our "Hidden preferences" documentation:

https://support.boxcryptor.com/display/BCOSXEN/Hidden+preferences

Best regards,
Robert

MRanftelhuber

Dear Robert,

2 Years ago you posted:

"We will add a "Do not show again" checkbox to the message box in a future release."

How is this future release coming ;-). Can you give us a date? This check box shouldn't be too difficult for you experts right?

Totally Different Question:

Do you think sending passwords for your Forum out in a plain-text E-Mail is worthy of an encryption company? Sorry, but I had to ask this question!

Otherwise I do like your product quite a lot.

Michael

Robert

Hi Michael,

I'm sorry, but we have not prioritized such a "Do not show again" checkbox high enough in the past two years to work on it. Of course, it is not too difficult, but our development pipeline is pretty full (and long) and up until now there have always been more important issues to work on. It's still on the list - but I can't tell you if and when we'll be able to work on it.

Best regards,
Robert

PS: No, sending out passwords in plaintext is definitely not a good practice for any company but we're using a third-party off-the-shelf software for the forum. It is completely separated from the Boxcryptor system and not part of our "core" service - we rather want to give a small platform where we can (publicly) engage with our users and users can help each other.