Folder privacy Utility

Admiral Huddy · 16 Apr 2011 at 17:17

Can anyone recommend a file/folder prorection utility - Free or licenced not to bothered..

Win 7 x64 compatable.

thanks

Pho · 16 Apr 2011 at 17:23

TrueCrypt is pretty hard to beat.

Azuse05 · 16 Apr 2011 at 18:02

TrueCrypt, just don't loose the key whatever you do unless you keep it short and have quad sli (and a couple months) available for password recovery

SiriusB · 16 Apr 2011 at 18:51

Make the key a phrase, with suitably altered characters to include numbers, capitals and symbols. Might be an idea to write it down and keep it in a safe. Depends what it is you are trying to hide.

NTFS permissions are useful if you simply want to deny access - though it wouldn't stop someone getting access if they nicked your HDD.

Admiral Huddy · 17 Apr 2011 at 16:16

Looking at the website, this appears to be partition encryprion rather than file/folder?

AbsenceJam · 17 Apr 2011 at 22:34

There isn't software which can protect a normal file or folder in any real way.

TrueCrypt lets you create a virtual encrypted disk, basically a file that's mounted as a drive and encrypted. Could also do the old passworded RAR archive, etc.

tntcoder · 17 Apr 2011 at 22:53

I've heard people speak highly of FolderLock which is probably the closest you will get to 'locking a windows folder', but don't expect it to stand up to the level of interregation that truecrypt could.

Raumarik · 18 Apr 2011 at 11:08

Admiral Huddy said:
Looking at the website, this appears to be partition encryprion rather than file/folder?

You create a repository and dump stuff in it, you must know the passphrase to mount it (as a drive). That's how I do it anyway with Truecrypt, peace of mind if my HDD is nicked as I scan all my bills, certs etc in and shred them.

SiriusB · 18 Apr 2011 at 17:04

Admiral Huddy said:
Looking at the website, this appears to be partition encryprion rather than file/folder?

As said it can be used to create virtual volumes [encrypted file]. Though if you are lazy, a full drive encryption is a good option. One extra password to enter when you boot your PC, but you don't have to think about it while using your PC [as everything is decrypted on the fly]. The downside is data is accessible if you leave your PC switched on and not locked in any way.

Security is always a balancing act with convenience. The more of one the less you get of the other!

Admiral Huddy · 19 Apr 2011 at 09:26

Ok thanks.. I'll certianly give that a go.

It's just i have costomer who is a Psychotherapist and wishes to keep some folders private where as some she wants to share as the machine is shared with a part time admin clerk..