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by sigil 5475 days ago
Yes. I did an experiment to see just how much the diff was amplified by TrueCrypt. For a 1MB file change inside the TrueCrypt container, DropBox would have transferred 8x the normal amount. [1]

Fine for scenarios like you mention, but the "Everything" option suggested by the article is probably not a good idea.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2546626