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Today we present to you a very interesting application, it's called Cryptocam and it is a camera for Android smartphones that will allow you to take photographs and record encrypted videos without the need to be an expert.
The use of Cryptocam it is in fact very simple, but we'll tell you straight away that in order to use it you must also have a desktop computer available with the operating system installed Windows or Linux. There doesn't appear to be a version for macOS.
How to install Cryptocam
First we start generating our encryption key and to do this we use the desktop application Cryptocam Companion App available for Windows and for Linux. This is the main application that will subsequently allow you to decrypt your photographs and videos.
The first thing to do is create a key for encryption. Click on Manage keys. Choose the place where it should be saved and then press on Create key. You have three choices:
- Key name, the name of the registration key. Put whatever you want, it's just a name recognition;
- Passphrase, the password you have chosen to then decrypt the videos and photos;
- Passphrase, here you simply repeat it.
Where is Cryptocam located
As soon as you do this you will see that a very long code with letters and numbers and a QR code will be created. Grab your smartphone now and download the Cryptocam application on F-Droid.
Open it and one of the first things you will be asked is right there encryption key. Decide whether to enter it via text or, more conveniently, via QR code. In both cases, simply press on "Save key” and then decide in which folder the photos and videos will be saved.
Done.
Now, all the photographs and videos you will save using Cryptocam they will be encrypted within the folder you selected. What does it mean? That if you are forced to show your smartphone to someone, photos and videos will not be found inside that folder but only and exclusively non-decipherable files.
And to see encrypted photos and videos?
You need to go back to the computer you installed on Cryptocam Companion App. Open it and you will see that you will be asked to drag the files in there or press on “Open files”.
Once you have uploaded the necessary files, simply press on "Decrypt“, enter the password you previously chose and your files will be available again!
It is therefore important never forget your chosen password (you will never be able to recover your photos and videos otherwise) nor lose the generated encryption key.
We leave you, as always, with all the useful links of the case.
• • • •For other applications Open source for daily use you can see here.
Alternatives to Cryptocam
As you know, we always love looking for alternatives. Even when we already offer you an alternative! Therefore a similar alternative to Cryptocam can be the use of Cryptomator.
We say similar because it doesn't work in exactly the same way. In the case of Cryptomator in fact you can take photographs with your favorite application and then you can set Cryptomator to upload photos to an encrypted folder on your drive favorite. Everything is a bit cumbersome because the upload will not be automatic but every time you want to upload the photos you will have to open the application Cryptomator and open the safe. Only then will the photos begin to upload.
After this operation you can delete the photos locally on your smartphone.
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