Espionage 3.5.3
Advanced data security with real folder encryption and plausible deniability. Shareware ($29.99)
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Espionage offers state-of-the-art security for your confidential data.
Sometimes, encrypting your data isn't enough to protect it. That's why Espionage 3 goes beyond data encryption.
Features:
Sometimes, encrypting your data isn't enough to protect it. That's why Espionage 3 goes beyond data encryption.
Features:
- Source code available for security professionals.
- Designed for plausible deniability. Multiple master passwords through Folder Sets. Want two versions of your email? Espionage can handle that.
- Laptop-theft tracking apps (like Undercover) work when using Espionage without FileVault.
What's New
Version 3.5.3:
- SECURITY: Bug introduced in 3.5.2 that resulted in all folder paths of an unlocked Folder Set being logged to the system log. After several days (or weeks) these messages will disappear from the log files, but you can force their removal using a tool like OnyX. For OnyX, use these settings.
- IMPROVED: Added retina support for lock/unlock slider. Retina support for other graphics coming too.
- FIXED: Removed several instances of unnecessary folder path logging (on folder lock/unlock) to help with plausible deniability. This is a losing battle because folder names and paths are logged to the system log by other background processes that Espionage does not have control over. Logging folder paths is also necessary if an error occurs.
- FIXED: (Mavericks) Wrong folder icon.
- FIXED: (Mavericks) Error decrypting a folder.
- FIXED: (Mavericks) Problem unlocking folders for anyone who enabled the hidden setting "enableDiskArbitrationMethod".
Requirements
- Intel, 64-bit processor
- OS X 10.7 or later
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Espionage offers state-of-the-art security for your confidential data.
Sometimes, encrypting your data isn't enough to protect it. That's why Espionage 3 goes beyond data encryption.
Features:
Espionage 3 protects you even if you're forced to give up your master password by giving you the ability to have multiple master passwords, each protecting an isolated set of folders. Every protected folder can also advertise completely different data, depending on whether it's locked or unlocked.
Of course, that's not to say we skimped on the encryption. Espionage 3 is the most secure Espionage yet, featuring AES-256 encryption by default, and scrypt to protect your passwords from even the most powerful of adversaries.
Sometimes, encrypting your data isn't enough to protect it. That's why Espionage 3 goes beyond data encryption.
Features:
- Source code available for security professionals.
- Designed for plausible deniability. Multiple master passwords through Folder Sets. Want two versions of your email? Espionage can handle that.
- Laptop-theft tracking apps (like Undercover) work when using Espionage without FileVault.
- Super-computer defying encryption: AES-256 + scrypt.
- Silent. Espionage 3 doesn't make it easy for people to know what's encrypted.
- Folder Actions make it easy to encrypt your email. Watch how to do it.
- Quickly access folders via the menu bar and keyboard shortcuts.
- Works with your favorite backup software like Time Machine and Dropbox.
- Optionally prevent folder contents from showing up in Spotlight even when the folder is unlocked.
- High-quality customer support. Yes, given how terrible customer support can be, we consider this a feature.
Espionage 3 protects you even if you're forced to give up your master password by giving you the ability to have multiple master passwords, each protecting an isolated set of folders. Every protected folder can also advertise completely different data, depending on whether it's locked or unlocked.
Of course, that's not to say we skimped on the encryption. Espionage 3 is the most secure Espionage yet, featuring AES-256 encryption by default, and scrypt to protect your passwords from even the most powerful of adversaries.
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Cgc reviewed on 28 Sep 2013
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Yes, Espionage 2, if set to use the login keychain, would not prompt you. However, Apple's login keychain uses 3DES for its encryption, and may have unknown vulnerabilities or backdoors in it. We also did not want to encourage users to make their Espionage password the same as their OS X account password.
We did not want to compromise customer's security over (what we feel) is a minor convenience.
Kind regards,
Greg, Tao Effect LLC
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Please post any followups to our forums:
https://www.taoeffect.com/forum/index.php?board=12.0
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I also think it's monumentally bad advice for the developer to suggest not using FileVault.
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I also agree with your other statement.
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Ryde is correct, we are not recommending against the use of FileVault. I agree, however, that we could have phrased that sentence better so that it doesn't give the opposite impression.
I just sent a revision to MacUpdate that I hope fixes this misunderstanding (while keeping it short and sweet):
"Laptop-theft tracking apps (like Undercover) work when using Espionage without FileVault."
Thank you, Essadee, for bringing this to our attention. If you have any other concerns please let us know!
Sincerely,
Greg Slepak
Tao Effect LLC
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https://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2013/09/espionage-3-now-open-source-for-professionals/#comment-3253
One observation from there is that TrueCrypt hasn't actually been audited yet. There's a fundraiser going on to raise money for that purpose.
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Fredbio reviewed on 10 Aug 2013
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While the password prompt is gone, Espionage 3 can still protect app data as shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_R3COJEjj8
Yes, it involves an extra click than before, but version 3 has many advantages over version 2, especially when it comes to security and plausible deniability. Being able to have two versions of your data can be a nifty thing. :)
For those who want it, version 2 is still around, at a significantly reduced price: http://www.taoeffect.com/espionage/
Best regards,
Greg Slepak
Tao Effect LLC
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Cgc reviewed on 10 Feb 2013
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Mrtomato reviewed on 26 Oct 2012
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http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2009/05/cloak-manage-your-invisible-files/
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Acuraice reviewed on 24 Oct 2012
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If you ever run into any issues, we're always there to help, just contact us:
Forums: http://www.taoeffect.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=12
Email: http://www.espionageapp.com/support/contact/
Sincerely,
Greg, Tao Effect
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monet reviewed on 14 Oct 2012
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Pugwash reviewed on 17 Sep 2012
Have been trialling Espionage 3 and just couldn't get it to work i.e. almost every folder I dropped to be encrypted a got an error message saying 'resource in use', or something like that. I've sent an email to support but in the mean time have discovered that it has issues with Drive Pulse. The only work around is to turn Drive Pulse off, encrypt the folder then turn Drive Pulse on. Not very satisfactory if you're a Drive Pulse user. They have known about this issue for sometime now, 2011 at least, but no fix. This is just a heads up for everyone and not a critical review hence the stars. If it wasn't for this problem I would have trialled it a bit longer.
Link to Drive Pulse issue on Espionage forum: http://www.taoeffect.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=370&p=1243#p1243
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but every time i open up new finder window using command+N
it asks for password for encrypted folder and tries to open it
which i did not want to do
any idea?
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http://www.taoeffect.com/espionage/EspionageHelp/pages/trbl-prompt.html
If the tips in there don't help, let us know:
http://www.taoeffect.com/espionage/support/
Kind regards,
Greg, Tao Effect
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and it worked too
Thank you so much
Did not know it could be solved this easy
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If the problems persist please contact us at our support address: support|at|taoeffect[dot]com (obfuscated to protect against spam). Please include in your email screenshots of any and all dialogues that you're referring to.
Cheers, and Happy New Year,
Greg, Tao Effect
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"The operation cannot be completed because the item "Growl" is in use".
In fact, I do NOT have "Growl" installed on my computer at all, so I have no idea whatsoever what this error message is trying to tell me. My Mac is an iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running Mac OSX Version 10.5.6. Mr Developer ? Any suggestions ?
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Sorry for not making this clear! If you still run into problems, send us an email to our support address and we'll help you out.
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Anyone knows how to activate it?
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