I have some financial files (like old tax returns) on my computer that I seldom access and would like to have an extra layer of confidentiality for, so i was looking into how I could easily have an effective separately-encrypted folder for those on my #LinuxMint system.
Obviously I could create a separate dm-crypt partition, but since it's probably a small number of files and the total volume I want long term is not very well known (e.g. I might also want to add things like images of important official documents), that doesn't seem like the ideal solution. It seemed like maybe ecryptfs could be the way to go, but I know the use of that for encrypted home directories was deprecated by #Ubuntu a while ago and looking at Launchpad it sort of seems abandoned (the last recent revision listed is from 2017). Does anybody know the status or have a better suggestion?
@internic
I'm very happy with gocryptfs.
Functions like encfs but is under active developement, as far as I know.
@dexternemrod Looks interesting, but maybe also pretty new (just based on a quick glance at Gitlab). Sounds technically promising, with the standard use of authenticated encryption. Is it widely used?
@internic
100% of my computers use it 😄
Nah serious, can't tell if the general usage already counts as battle tested. What I like is that it is compatible with DroidFS so I can sync the encrypted folders and use them also on my phone.