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Espionage

Espionage - 2.5.4

Folder encryption app aimed as a FileVault replacement.

All Time: (4.0)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 2.5.4
Release Date: 2009-10-28
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 390
Downloads (all versions): 5,817
Price: $24.95

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Product Description:

Espionage is a revolutionary application that aims to replace FileVault.

Espionage is the only software that will let you encrypt individual folders and interact with them straight from the Finder! No longer is it necessary to encrypt your entire home folder just to protect your email, or chat histories.

Encrypting data unnecessarily slows your computer down, and for laptop users, can be a drain on battery life. Espionage solves this problem by letting you encrypt only what you want, and it does it while integrating directly with the Finder.

Just double-click on a folder and enter your password at the prompt to unlock. Right-click on it to re-lock. Folder encryption has never been this easy before.

And for users who just want to put a password on unimportant data without securely encrypting it, such as a folder full of hundreds of videos that they don't want their grandparents to see, Espionage has them covered. While securely encrypting folders is its chief purpose, Espionage can put a password on any folder in a flash without touching its contents.

What's new in this version:

  • IMPROVED: When adding a folder to Espionage, "passwords do not match" is not displayed until second password is entered.
  • IMPROVED: Wording of documentation on how to re-import (aka restore) backed up or lost encrypted folders.
  • IMPROVED: Switched default keychain choice during install to separate keychain as it has some advantages.
  • FIXED: Issue where Little Snitch Configuration could cause app password prompt to appear repeatedly.
  • FIXED: Removed unnecessary error message to the log related to reodering of folders.
  • FIXED: Rare issue where "Edit Application Associations" button could be disabled when it shouldn't be.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

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Espionage Commentaryone question - Version: 2.1, 7/28/2009 11:36PM PST

nobody2007
Espionage works independent of the mail client, or the tool works only with Apple Mail?
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Espionage CommentaryGreat Product! - Version: 1.1.1, 11/6/2008 08:15AM PST

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forgewithinfire
I'm only a laymen but I have been looking for a way to encrypt all my business files on my mac for some time... without the lag in performance that File Vault creates.

So far, it works as advertised with almost all the features I could want. Having encrypted several application resource folders, including several databases that see a LOT of traffic on a daily basis, it works smoothly and doesn't tax my system.

However it could use a few details:
an into wizard to ease people into it
the ability to lock and unlock all encrypted files in a single click/keystroke
the ability to enable "Auto-unlock at Login" ONLY at specific times (during work hours for example)
And a simple, one-click (and default) option in preferences to white-list Time Machine.

Other then that, I'm very happy with Espionage... is could use a more descriptive name though.
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Espionage CommentaryOff to a good start - Version: 1.1.1, 11/4/2008 01:19PM PST

ronsbell_dotmac
So far, Espionage operates as advertised and in a seamless and intuitive manner during my own first day of tests, and I can recommend it to others who want to explore such an encryption solution.

However, that statement that this is "the only application to provide real folder encryption" is a bit far fetched. Espionage uses sparse images to store encrypted files just as Disk Utility and Knox do. It seems more accurate to say that this is an "application that provides a seamless, intuitive means to store and encrypt/decrypt folders" since neither Knox nor Disk Utility automatically copies files from existing folders into encrypted sparse images. One must create an image and then drag files into it.
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