Let's assume that, even with your iron-clad password skills, someone manages to find a way into your Dropbox account. You can still protect the data itself by using encryption.

The hardcore way to do this is to create an encrypted container within Dropbox by using an encryption utility such as . Just follow for creating new containers (be sure to create it within your Dropbox directory). Make sure the volume is unmounted before uploading the files to Dropbox.

If that sounds a little too crazy, simpler methods are available. Sophos, for instance, , though you'll have to provide the company with some basic information about yourself to start the download. The program creates a special file and handles all encryption and decryption.

Lifehacker has : Create an encrypted .ZIP file for any documents you want to keep safe. has a "set password" option under the "advanced" tab when adding files to an archive.

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