💼 Status:
I really disappointed with Boxcryptor and Dropbox

I have been using boxcryptor almost 2 years and I really like it because of some features like:

• It is free for personal use
• It is cross platform (Windows, Android)
• It is easy to use (setup, backup, restore, manage, update)
• It is easy to sync / share (with some limitation for personal use plan)
• It is easy to encrypt / decrypt

I use boxcryptor to encrypt my Onedrive folder and I really like it. It encrypts my files and folders one bye one per file(s) without need to scramble files like how crytomator works.

This (single file based encryption) are good thing for me because I can trace myself which file are synced currently with my cloud storage. This main reason why I using boxcryptor instead of open source crytomator. Eventhough I already paid for one-time purchase (€15) for the mobile app.

But now I need to move on and find another alternative, because yesterday I received an email that said boxcryptor are going to terminate my account.

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From: Boxcryptor Team <[email protected]>
Subject: [Action Required] Termination of your Boxcryptor account
Received: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 10:35:47 +0000
To: Robbi Nespu
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Dear Robbi Nespu,
We are hereby terminating your Boxcryptor Free account in due time
as of January 31, 2023. 

You can continue to use Boxcryptor as usual until this date but we
will not offer an extension of your license anymore.

Important: Your account will be locked on January 31, 2023.
Make sure to follow our migration guide to decrypt your data
before January 31, 2023

The migration guide includes:
* Decrypting your data
* Exporting your keys

An extension of your license or a change to any other plan is not
available anymore. You can find more information and background in
our blog

https://www.boxcryptor.com/l/email-notification-new-chapter-with-dropbox

We will permanently delete all data related to your account 30 days after
the termination date. Contractual information will be stored as long as
legally required e.g. for tax reasons.

View Migration Guide:
https://www.boxcryptor.com/l/email-notification-migration-guide-individual

All the best,
Your Boxcryptor Team
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This is unclear notice, either boxcryptor are totally shutdown or what but this cancellation letter is not clear enough and give me no time to migrate my data in such short time.

Well this happen because of Dropbox is acquiring Boxcryptor . I am not sure who is deciding to give this notice but to me this is an asshole move. I really disappointed with Boxcryptor and Dropbox.

For now, I will go and try back and try Crytomator as alternative probably.

I hope this time I can use it without any problem because last time I have some serious WTF issue with my mounted vault on FUSE such as disappearing file(s), can’t open file (corrupted), hang-up when processing huge file, crashed when processing super-long file name and many others bugs .

Ahhh.. shit! This is scary. I might screw-up my data…