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Use gpg to encrypt your docs with a symmetric key (password) before putting them on dropbox
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First compress your folder or files

	tar czvf folder.tar.gz folder/

encrypt personal files symmetrically

	gpg --output test.gpg --symmetric test.txt

decrypt

gpg --output test_d.txt test.gpg
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