Help for iPhone & iPod touch

On the first start of BoxProtect you can tell the system which cloud storage provider you want to use, i.e., to which cloud storage provider you want to add privacy and protection. Currently, only Dropbox is supported.

After you’ve chosen a cloud storage provider you have to link BoxProtect to it by entering your credentials.

When BoxProtect is linked to a cloud storage provider you can either select an already existing protected folder or create a new one.

For creating a new protected folder you need to enter the folder’s name and password. With ‘Encrypt filename’ you can configure whether you want to encrypt a file’s name and content or only the content. By default, filenames are encrypted, providing a higher level of security. However, encrypted filenames make it harder to resolve version conflicts. Finally the AES key length can be set (128, 192, or 256); higher values result in better security and higher computational overhead. The default keylength is 256.

After selecting a protected folder you have to unlock it in order to see its contents by entering the folder’s password.

Within an unlocked folder you can browse all files and subfolders, download & open files.

In the “Memory” section you configure whether passwords are to be stored locally on the phone (password need to be input only once) or not at all, whether you want to auto-connect to the most recently used protected folder, and whether you want to remember the folder of the latest upload. The “Active protected folder” section allows you to switch to another folder – either an existing one or a new one. “Reset settings” restores BoxProtect to factory settings.

The help area allows you to read help documents, to recommend BoxProtect to friends, and to send feedback to us.

The uploads section shows ongoing uploads, i.e., files that are being encrypted and stored to the cloud service provider. Additionally, there is an upload history where you can see what you’ve uploaded, recently.