Is BoxCryptor Open Source?

garybarnes

I am thinking of putting my business on the cloud and using BoxCryptor. Is BoxCryptor Open Source? I want to make sure there are no backdoors and no tech people (aka Edward Snowden) from BoxCryptor are looking at and playing around with my files. If it is not open source, what can I do to get the confidence I need to trust it?

ccchan

there are competitors which you can search on alternativeto.

there are open source alternatives.

personaly,

BC's file based method is more usable than other vault based method.

But I am also concerned for close source vs open source.

so for really personal secret I will use an open source alternative.

But for media files (especially that originally download from youtube),
I will use BC as it allow partial decryption while playing.

the competitor CTMT need to decrypt a 5GB file before playing.

so BC is more usable. but others are trustable.

adsfasdf

just my two cents. Being open source doesn't mean something is secure. There are very, very few people qualified to figure out if something has holes in it. Look at how much open-source stuff that's gone years with huge holes in it.

As far as trusting as the company, hey I don't. I use my own key stored in a file they don't have access to. I have multiple backups so I'm not worried about losing it.

ccchan

re: adsfasdf

hey how can you sure the boxcryptor.exe cannot steal your key and upload to the company?

unless you use whitelist firewall?

thx