[_flbt]

Love the idea of this. I've tried to use something similar (at least in function), called Cryptomator. However, Cryptomator would always choke on larger files or directories with thousands of items (e.g. my Google Photos gallery). Will be interested to see if this or another solution is what I'm looking for.

[bootlooped]

Boxcryptor is a paid solution, similar to Cryptomator. I think I gave each one a try out on my phone, but ultimately just went back to using plain Google Drive and Google Photos. It fell into the category of "what is the real tangible benefit of this to me actually?" The real cost was added complexity, decreased reliability, a worse photos experience, and possibly another subscription cost.

[bronco21016]

How do you have it setup? I had similar issues when I was trying to access my WebDAV vault directly from Cryptomator on Ubuntu. I setup Nextcloud to sync directly with my local Ubuntu install and pointed Cryptomator at the vault in the synced directory and it works great! It opens all the files in the vault almost instantly and they’re navigable as if they're local files.

Mobile is still a problem though. A gallery system would be a big help but you’re always stuck with a bandwidth limit unless you cache the vault locally which for my vault isn’t feasible and also undesirable as I don’t want the files on my device.

[jerednel]

I just started using Cryptomator for sensitive files on a self-hosted NextCloud (since i access it via internet). The photos thing was an issue so I just sync those unencrypted and use Cryptomator for non-media files - i suppose if I had a photo that I wouldn't want exposed i'd just move it individually over.

[secfirstmd]

True, the messy bit with Cryptomator is that it's not really very easily to share files with others. I've found it more of a tool really for an individual to use. I find myself sometimes training people on it a recommending it to people and then switching them to something like Tresorit when they have problems.

[msh]

Thats also rather large. I have a cryptomator “vault” of approx 40 GB, performance on linux, windows and iOS seems fine.