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EncFS on Dropbox
# APPLICABLE FOR UBUNTU/DEBIAN
# install encfs and fuse
sudo apt-get install fuse-utils encfs
# add fuse module to Linux Kernel
sudo modprobe fuse
# add fuse to end of /etc/modules to autoload fuse module
sudo nano /etc/modules
# add your self to fuse group
sudo adduser <user> fuse
# paths have to be absolute, alternatively ~ can be used
encfs ~/Dropbox/.encrypted/ ~/encfs/
# configure cipher algorithm, block size, filename encoding etc.
# or you can go with default configuration just by pressing [Enter]
# unmount
fusermount -u ~/encfs
# to mount again
encfs ~/Dropbox/.encrypted/ ~/encfs/
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