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Folder Guard vs gocryptfs

A side-by-side look at Folder Guard and gocryptfs. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Folder Guard

Folder Guard

Security & Privacy

Folder Guard is a file encryption and access control software for Windows designed to protect files, folders and drives from unauthorized access. It allows users to password protect, hide and lock folders or drives, encrypt files for secure storage, and clean file shred temporary files.

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gocryptfs

gocryptfs

Security & Privacy

gocryptfs is an open source encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go. It uses AES-256 in ciphertext stealing mode for file encryption,HMAC-SHA512 for integrity checking, and scrypt for password encryption to keep data secured on disk.

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