Filename encryption characters

MisterAT

Hello, is there a reason why Boxcryptor uses Chinese characters for the filename encryption?

Regards
Tobias

Robert

Hello Tobias,

Yes, there are technical reasons for using asian UTF-8 characters. A UTF-8 character can hold up to 4 bytes of data while a "regular" ASCII character can only contain 1 byte of data. So by using these UTF-8 characters Boxcryptor can store more data in one character - this means shorter encrypted filenames. This is especially important on Windows where many programs have maximum path length of 255 characters.

Best regards,
Robert