Please help - newbie here - Boxcryptor Community

Please help - newbie here

wolf

Hi all, just installed Boxcryptor (free version) and I am trying to understand it all.

I have a file sitting in my Boxcryptor virtual drive and it is shown as encrypted. For an exercise, I sent an email to a friend and I attached that file from Boxcryptor virtual drive. My friend was able to open the file as though it was never encrypted at all. Should that be possible?

Perhaps I am missing something here?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Florian

Hi wolf,
When you work with files within the Boxcryptor drive, you will be able to access them as if they are not encrypted. If you attach a file from the virtual drive to an email, you will send data decrypted. You'd need to send the physical file (with the .bc ending) in this case.
However, using the Whisply integration helps sharing files with people that do not have Boxcryptor installed.
To do so, simply right-click on that file and select "Send via Whisply".
Alternatively, go to www.whispl.ly and drop your sensitive file here.

Best regards,
Florian