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Hiding folders and files?
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:13 pm
by FragaGeddon
Anybody use a program to hide your files & folders?
And if so, which one?
Right now I'm trying Universal Shield.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:17 pm
by MKJ
hide?
how about checking the 'hidden' box
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:18 pm
by CaseDogg
lol
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm
by FragaGeddon
But if you enable show hidden files and folders, then someone would see it.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:21 pm
by MKJ
and if you disable universal shield, you would too
if someones smart enough to unhide it through the folder options, he (prolly she, hiding your porn) is smart enough to find another way
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:24 pm
by Denz
Folder Lock
http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/
This is pretty good, you lock your folder and it disappears.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:27 pm
by PhoeniX
Truecrypt -
http://www.truecrypt.org/
It's free, and no ones getting in unless you give them the password. Basically it creates a virtual drive which is contined within a single file, you mount it with the TrueCrypt software, enter your password and can then read/write to it.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:28 pm
by FragaGeddon
I think there was a program that you could install on your thumb drive.
If you had it plugged in, it unlocked files,etc. Once you pulled it out, it locked everything.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:29 pm
by PhoeniX
FragaGeddon wrote:I think there was a profram that you could install on your thumb drive.
If you had it plugged in, it unlocked files,etc. Once you pulled it out, it locked everything.
TrueCrypt also does that
http://glosoli.blogspot.com/2005/09/enc ... oplay.html
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:37 pm
by FragaGeddon
That looks promising.
I think I'm going to pick up a new USB hub from Walmart or somewhere.
Saw it in Walmart but didn't buy it.
It's a 4 port USB hub that allows 2 computers to hook up to it.
Then there's a switch on top of each port that allows you to change from one PC to the other.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:37 pm
by 4days
truecrypt :icon14:
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:42 pm
by FragaGeddon
I've used something before that did encryption.
Tried it on a folder and then was looking for something else.
Unistalled the other program before uncrypting the data. Re-installed the program after I realized that I didn't unincrypt it. Put in the same password but wouldn't decrypty the files, so they were lost.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:55 pm
by FragaGeddon
PhoeniX wrote:FragaGeddon wrote:I think there was a profram that you could install on your thumb drive.
If you had it plugged in, it unlocked files,etc. Once you pulled it out, it locked everything.
TrueCrypt also does that
http://glosoli.blogspot.com/2005/09/enc ... oplay.html
I think that just enables you to encrypt files on your thumb drive.
I just had a quick read through it, but will read it fully when I get back from work.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:16 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
4days wrote:truecrypt :icon14:
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:18 pm
by PhoeniX
It encrypts + basically hides them. Here, let me show you how my TrueCrypt file works (the thing I posted above automates the mounting process and just skips straight to the password).
1. Choose file to mount (mine is a single 1GB file in My Documents, unreadable by anyone as it is - it just looks like a 1GB file).
2. Enter the volume password.
3. If the right password was entered I can now browse it as any normal drive (I mounted it as drive T).
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:35 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
PhoeniX wrote:FragaGeddon wrote:I think there was a profram that you could install on your thumb drive.
If you had it plugged in, it unlocked files,etc. Once you pulled it out, it locked everything.
TrueCrypt also does that
http://glosoli.blogspot.com/2005/09/enc ... oplay.html
oh, nice find
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:17 pm
by seremtan
PhoeniX wrote:It encrypts + basically hides them. Here, let me show you how my TrueCrypt file works (the thing I posted above automates the mounting process and just skips straight to the password).
[img]http://i12.*******.com/2vcc68l.jpg[/img]
1. Choose file to mount (mine is a single 1GB file in My Documents, unreadable by anyone as it is - it just looks like a 1GB file).
2. Enter the volume password.
3. If the right password was entered I can now browse it as any normal drive (I mounted it as drive T).
what if someone uninstalls truecrypt - what happens to your 1GB of porn then?
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:46 am
by ek
lol someone still living with mommy and daddy, hiding porn?
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:44 pm
by FragaGeddon
I haven't lived at home since '91.
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:45 pm
by FragaGeddon
seremtan wrote:PhoeniX wrote:It encrypts + basically hides them. Here, let me show you how my TrueCrypt file works (the thing I posted above automates the mounting process and just skips straight to the password).
[img]http://i12.*******.com/2vcc68l.jpg[/img]
1. Choose file to mount (mine is a single 1GB file in My Documents, unreadable by anyone as it is - it just looks like a 1GB file).
2. Enter the volume password.
3. If the right password was entered I can now browse it as any normal drive (I mounted it as drive T).
what if someone uninstalls truecrypt - what happens to your 1GB of porn then?
I think you'll have to enter a password before you can uninstall.