How to password protect folders and open them in Windows Mac or Linux?

[thetwelveyearold@lemmy.world]

I know I could and should encrypt whole drives but I want another layer of protect specific folders when my devices are unlocked, a password. I looked it up and didn't find any straightforward solutions.

[comrade_twisty@feddit.org]

I suppose the truecrypt successor veracrypt would work well for this, it is available on all 3 platforms which probably makes it stand out from most other solutions.

[cipherd@lemmy.ml]

Gocryptfs or CryFS. Many GUI available (Vaults, SiriKali, Plasma Vaults). Android compatibility with DroidFS.

[merde@sh.itjust.works]

this is your solution ☞ https://veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html or https://veracrypt.fr/

[pfr@lemmy.sdf.org]

Yeah bro, I lock down my porn directory too

I use to tomb.

[typotyper@sh.itjust.works]

TrueType was great for this. They just shut down one day. It sucked but luckily all their tools came in one downloaded application.

I didn’t know there was a successor. Is it a spin off by some of the staff or created out of necessity by a new team.

[mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Cryptomator is the easiest to use option IMO, and it supports windows, linux, macos, android, and ios.

[a_norny_mousse@feddit.org]

I have a separate encrypted partition that I can mount/decrypt/unmount with my filemanager (or something like pmount) by clicking on those little arrows. Much nicer than whatever on-top-of-the-filesystem solution I used previously. It happens to be on a microSDcard that just sits in its slot forever.

[unskilled5117@feddit.org]

Agreed, Cryptomator is what you are looking for