New Team Member at BoxCryptor!

We are very happy to welcome a new team member in our team: Natascha!

Natascha has studied communication design (Bachelor of Arts) at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg. She supports our team since the beginning of this month and takes care of all design and graphic topics. As Natascha is currently doing her master studies, she will support our team two days a week. When not sitting in our office or at the university, Natascha teaches design basics at the University of Applied Siences. She is very creative, which can already be seen in our office: she spend her first 8 hours in our office and when she left our walls were full of papers with conceptual designs. The first things she missed in our office were glue and more space to spread her creativity J 

Natascha is already working on a new design for BoxCryptor: Be excited and stay tuned!

 

New versions of BoxCryptor for Windows and Android available!

We’re excited to announce the release of new versions of BoxCryptor for Windows and BoxCryptor for Android here at the London Web Summit! As of today, BoxCryptor for Windows is now ready for download as version 1.3 which has the following improvements:

• Improved stabitility (a few users experienced BSOD which has been resolved)
• Improved speed up to 200% through AES hardware acceleration (up to 50MB/sec instead of 15MB/sec)
• Improved compatibility with other programs (e.g. portable software)
• Network/Internet access for portable programs executed on the BoxCryptor drive (Hello FirefoxPortable and others!)
• Programs on the BoxCryptor drive can run as administrator
• Windows Search support (the BoxCryptor drive can now be indexed by Windows search for a better search experience)
• Windows File sharing support (folders in the BoxCryptor drive can now be shared over the network)

You can download BoxCryptor for Windows v1.3 here:

http://www.boxcryptor.com/download/BoxCryptor_v1.3_Setup.exe

In addition to the Windows version, we have also improved our Android app and BoxCryptor for Android is available as version 1.1 with the following improvements:

• Edit support: BoxCryptor now detects if you changed a file after you opened it in BoxCryptor and automatically encrypts and uploads the changes to your Dropbox.
• Create new folders: You can now create new folders in BoxCryptor for Android.
• Create new encrypted folders: You can now also create new encrypted folders by specifying a name and password. Advanced options like filename encryption or key size are also available.
• Download support: If you have a file manager app installed (currently supported ES FileExplorer and OI File Manager), you can download and decrypt (or export) a file to any location on your device.
• Serial number support: Some users have not been able to purchase the BoxCryptor for Android Unlimited Key app, because their device is not support by Android Market/Play or because they’re using a Custom ROM. The Unlimited features can now also be unlocked by entering a serial number which can be purchased on our website.
• GUI improvements: The GUI has been adopted to the latest Android versions and guidelines

BoxCryptor for Android v1.1 is from now on available for download in Android Play (or Android Market).

UPDATE: We’ve received some messages why the new BoxCryptor for Android version requires the new permission “Read phone state and identity”.

This new permission is required to read the IMEI of your device as part of the new serial number support. When you enter a serial number, the IMEI is read and sent to our servers as part of the activation process. This allows us to track on how many devices a serial number is used.

This operation is only performed when you’re entering a serial number. Another operation which requires this permission is never performed.