east-tec SafeBit Alternatives
east-tec SafeBit is described as 'is the perfect electronic vault you need for your privacy. It features on-the-fly AES encryption, by creating virtual encrypted disk drives, where you can hide files and folders, keep them encrypted all the time, but still work with them just like you work with' and is a Disk Encryption tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to east-tec SafeBit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and BSD. The best alternative is LUKS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like east-tec SafeBit are EncFS, EDS (Encrypted Data Store), Kruptos and FreeOTFE.
LUKS is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. By providing a standard on-disk-format, it does not only facilitate compatibility among distributions, but also provides secure management of multiple user passwords.
EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. You can find links to source and binary releases below.
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WarningThe author has agreed that EncFS in its current form is dangerous (to security) for several reasons. Wikipedia has a brief summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncFS#General_Security_ConcernsThe actual audit, which the author participated in, is here: https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm
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40 alternatives to EDS (Encrypted Data Store)- Android
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With EDS (Encrypted Data Store) you can store your files in the encrypted container to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.
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Lock and encrypt your photos, movies, files and folders using 256-bit file encryption.
FreeOTFE is a free, open source, "on-the-fly" (OTFE) disk encryption program for PCs running MS Windows and Windows Mobile PDAs (FreeOTFE4PDA).
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DiscontinuedDiscontinued per Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeOTFE)
LUKS Manager provides on-the-fly encryption (AES by default) to virtual folders on Android devices.
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DiscontinuedWebsite and app unavailable.
Zed! protects your personal and sensitive data in encrypted archives on e-mail, on USB sticks and in backups.
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FileVault full-disk encryption uses XTS-AES-128 encryption with a 256-bit key to help prevent unauthorized access to the information on your startup disk.
LibreCrypt (formerly DoxBox) is an open-source disk encryption for Windows and the successor of FreeOTFE
DiscontinuedLast release Nov 24, 2015https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt/releases
The realcrypt application in the RPM Fusion repo is an encryption application based on truecrypt, freely available at http://www.truecrypt.org/. It differs from truecrypt in only the following ways:
