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Espionage - 2.1

Encrypt and password protect folders, then open them in the Finder.

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Version 2.1:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	2.1
Release Date:	2009-07-28
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 2.1):	265
Downloads (all versions):	5,874
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:

NEW: Snow Leopard Support
NEW: Autodetection of encryption settings upon adding an already encrypted folder
NEW: Xcode template to protect Xcode snapshots
FIXED: Panic in iSpy that could happen in certain situations.
FIXED: Crash that could happen after 1.x -> 2.x upgrade
FIXED: Fixed a bug resulting in 1.x -> 2.x upgraded folders being listed as not encrypted
FIXED: Issue where folder could get stuck with bad ACLs
FIXED: Irrelevant error messages to console in relation to ACLs
FIXED: Corrected iChat template
FIXED: Minor bug associated with ExpanDrive integration while restoring a folder while it's unlocked
FIXED: Minor bug where dependencies for one association could be used for another in app templates
FIXED: Minor UI glitch when updating Espionage's helper
CHANGED: Updated code signing certificate, you will be prompted to re-authorize Espionage to access keychain
IMPROVED: Modified warning for detection of Logitech Control Center to suggest update to latest version if necessary
IMPROVED: Updated all components of iSpy, now Snow Leopard compatible, fixed several memory leaks
IMPROVED: Significantly improved documentation on backing up folders (including documentation on Time Machine and other tools)
IMPROVED: When searching for a process, match only processes with same exact name, as opposed to names that contain it
IMPROVED: Espionage now detects upon launch folders that weren't properly locked and syncs up to the situation
IMPROVED: Behavior on waiting for associations to quit when helper is stopped
IMPROVED: Changed default backup interval to 1 hour
IMPROVED: Protective ACLs are removed from folder while it's disabled to allow folder sync with apps like ChronoSync
IMPROVED: Improved wording of password cover
IMPROVED: Improved a notification associated with disabling a folder
IMPROVED: Added check to detect when multiple, conflicting disk images could already exist for a folder being added
IMPROVED: Added check to detect when an already encrypted folder being added to Espionage was renamed
IMPROVED: Updated BWToolkit to 1.2.2

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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one 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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Great 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.

Off 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.