SafeHouse Explorer Alternatives
SafeHouse Explorer is described as 'ENCRYPTION FOR DISKS & MEMORY STICKS!' and is a Disk Encryption Tool in the OS & Utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to SafeHouse Explorer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is TrueCrypt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SafeHouse Explorer are LUKS (Free, Open Source), Encrypto (Free), Axcrypt (Freemium) and Seahorse (Free, Open Source).
- [TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information.]
Discontinued
Currently unmaintained. Last version, TrueCrypt 7.1a, is still available for download and development has continued via the forks VeraCrypt and CipherShed. "The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images."
- 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.
- Encrypto lets you encrypt files before sending them to friends or coworkers. Just drop a file into Encrypto, set a password, and then send it however you normally would — but this time with added security. It’s free for both Mac and Windows.
- AxCrypt is a simple file encryption software for Windows. It integrates seamlessly with your workflow to encrypt, decrypt, store, send and work with files.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys and passwords in the GNOME Keyring.
- 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.
Warning
The 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_Concerns
The actual audit, which the author participated in, is here: https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm
No screenshots yet - DiskCryptor is a free and open-source utility that offers encryption of all disk partitions, including the system partition.
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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.
- Freemium • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
- The Gnome Encfs Manager is an easy to use manager and mounter for encfs stashes. It allows you to create encrypted directories, any file that is placed in such a directory will be encrypted.