# Encryption and regular backup
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Original URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1evszet/encryption_and_regular_backup/
Author: No_Trust_8596
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I'm surprised and confused that this sub and r/Backup, r/privacy, and r/netsec don't seem to have much information about file encryption other than old references to veracrypt and cryptomator. I saw a few references to diskcryptor as well, plus cloudally and gmail backup (for email-specific backups on a regular basis) and backblaze/synology for cloud backups. I need to regularly backup work and personal files (M365 and many audio and video recordings), plus work emails (I'm using protonmail) and personal emails (gmail). I have several external hard drives (1-4TB each), OneDrive, and Google Drive (want to switch the cloud ones to synology I guess, when I set up NAS). Everything needs to be encrypted, though. My research says that Bitlocker isn't reliable if I need to protect files from Microsoft (work files are confidential attorney-client privileged). What do people do? Am I stuck with veracrypt (hard drives, laptop) and cryptomator (cloud backups)? Is diskcryptor a viable and private option?