While the level of security on Dropbox and other cloud storage services are fine for most things, I wanted a way to store some files there that _only_ I could access. I could switch to a provider that had stronger privacy features but I really love Dropbox's convenience and simplicity. So, I built a solution:<p>http://safeboxapp.com<p>The app takes files it finds in ~/Safebox and encrypts them using AES-256 and stores the files in a subfolder of ~/Dropbox. When it sees new encrypted files in that folder, it decrypts them back to ~/Safebox. From then on, changes in either folder are automatically synchronized. The filenames and folder names are encrypted as well.<p>From a user perspective, you simply use ~/Safebox instead of ~/Dropbox for files requiring extra security.<p>It's packaged as a Mac OS/X app (and soon as a Windows app). We haven't decided pricing yet.<p>I'd love to hear your thoughts!!<p>Thanks, Denis<p>http://safeboxapp.com
I like it, might use it.<p>From a pricing perspective, I think your market might be limited in that companies needing security would probably purchase a separate solution and not use Dropbox.<p>But you might be able to get a revenue stream from prosumers / tech consumers. And your costs wouldn't be high since you ride on top of the dropbox service. And I could be wrong about the market of course. ;-)
The concept seems quite interesting and useful. The real problem, as others stated, is that maybe Dropbox will implement something like that quite soon. As for pricing I think you should charge less than the same amount of space is charges at Dropbox.<p>Anyway, congrats for your great project. And sorry for my english.
The problem is real, you are not the only person on the Earth that needs a solution, but ...<p>Aren't you worried that it takes few weeks(days?) of coding for dropbox team and one update for your solution to become obsolete?
Here are some other approaches to same basic issue
<a href="http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/IncreasePrivacyAndSafety" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/IncreasePrivacyAndSafe...</a>