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SimpleumSafe – with Extreme Secure Synchronisation

As we launched SimpleumSafe in summer 2016, we already knew that syncing would be an essential part of a great encryption app. It took one year for our team to develop synchronization the way we want it to be: easy, safe and one step ahead.

Today, we’re excited to announce that SimpleumSafe 2.0 with Extreme Secure Sync is now available for macOS and iOS!

SimpleumSafe allows the synchronization of Safes between different devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone). There are three types of sync: iCloud, wireless (no Internet), or a shared folder (Mac to Mac only).

SimpleumSafe is all about security, that’s why we developed the “Extreme Secure Synchronization”. Even if the synchronization data was stolen from the cloud and the password became public, the data can still not be decrypted.

FEATURES macOS

  • New: Synchronization of Safes between different devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone) with following synchronization types: iCloud, Wireless (without Internet) or with a shared folder (only Mac to Mac)
  • Simple and intuitive usability (drag a file or folder from Finder into a Safe and it is encrypted)
  • No technical knowledge is needed for encryption
  • Security made in Germany
  • Strong encryption with AES-256. All files in a Safe are encrypted
  • Store your Safes locally, on USB device, and in the cloud
  • Create as many Safes as you want
  • App-to-App Drag & Drop:  you can e.g. drag a mail, appointments, contacts, photos etc. directly into a Safe
  • Organize your files as you like it (create folders, rename, copy, move, duplicate, trash, delete files)
  • Show file content for Microsoft Office and iWork, PDF, Images, Text, Videos, Audio and more …
  • Mark files and folders with tags
  • Number of files and size is only limited by the free space of your device

System Requirements for macOS

  • macOS 10.11 El Capitan or higher. Wireless synchronization needs at minimum macOS 10.13.1

FEATURES iOS

  • New: Synchronization of Safes between different devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone) with following synchronization types: iCloud or Wireless (without Internet)
  • Simple and intuitive usability
  • No technical knowledge is needed for encryption
  • Security made in Germany
  • Strong encryption with AES-256. All files in a Safe are encrypted
  • Organize your files as you like it (create folders, rename, copy, move, duplicate, trash, delete files)
  • Picture Viewer
  • Show file content for Microsoft Office and iWork, PDF, Images, Text, Videos, Audio and more …
  • Mark files and folders with tags
  • Add files from any App which supports Action Extensions or the new Document Provider Extension
  • Export files by using Share-Button or Document Provider Extension
  • Number of files and size is only limited by the free space of your device
  • Unlimited number of Safes
  • New: Add photos and videos from photo library directly from the App
  • New: Take photos or capture videos directly from the App and store them securely. Without detours.
  • New: Import contacts and notes
  • New: Screen protection when in background
  • New: Access files in Safe from the new iOS 11 Files App
  • New: Supports Face ID for iPhone X

Device Requirements for iOS

  • iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
  • Requires iOS 9.0 or later, Wireless synchronization needs at minimum iOS 11.1.

Thank you for your trust and support
Your Simpleum Team

Simpleum Media GmbH participates in the European Cyber Security Month

We are happy to join the European Cyber Security Months again this year!

“ECSM is the EU’s annual advocacy campaign that takes place in October and aims to raise awareness of cyber security threats, promote cyber security among citizens and provide up to date security information, through education and sharing of good practices.” (Source: https://cybersecuritymonth.eu)

The BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) coordinates the German actions in the European Cyber Security Months.

Logo Europäischer Monat der Cyber-Security ECSM 2016

During the European Cyber Security Months we reduce the price of our software to facilitate the access in the encryption also in terms of price.

Why choose SimpleumSafe?
Nowadays it is not enough “only” to encrypt your data to be protected. If you want to view, organize, or edit the encrypted files, they also must be protected. It is important not to leave any trace on the system, and even if a Trojan looks over your shoulder, it can not copy all your files to the Internet.

SimpleumSafe goes a different way than most other encryption programs. After authorization with a password, the files are not provided in the file system. Otherwise they would be completely vulnerable from this moment on. SimpleumSafe makes its own file system and has its own finder. Thus the files remain encrypted for the entire time.

News from the Simpleum-Lab - Development status of synchronization

SimpleumSafe 2.0 will support the synchronization of Safes between different devices. Today we would like to report on the current state of development.

Interview with the development:

Question: What is the synchronization?
Answer: In the end, the synchronization enables the same data of a Safe to be stored on different devices without the user having to worry about which data must be transferred.

Question: What devices are supported by the synchronization?
Answer: We support Mac with MacOS El Capitan (10.11) and iPhone / iPad with iOS 9

Question: i.e. Safes can be synced from a Mac to an iPhone?
Answer: Yes, in both directions. In addition, Safes can be synchronized from Mac to Mac and also from iOS to iOS. Thus, e.g. a Safe can be synchronized from an iPhone to an iPad or from a Mac at work to a Mac at home.

Question: How are the Safes transferred?
Answer: We offer several types of transfer. There is the transfer via iCloud. The iCloud is available to every buyer of an iPhone / iPad / Mac and is now familiar to most users.

Question: If I do not want the data to be transmitted over the Internet, are there other possibilities?
Answer: It is possible to perform a wireless synchronization. This is where Apple’s Multipeer protocol is used. If you can use AirDrop with your devices, you can also use this type of synchronization. For this purpose the devices are connected with Bluetooth and Wifi and the Safes are synchronized. The transmission of the data does not take place over the Internet.

For a Mac to Mac synchronization, we provide another type. Here, simply a folder accessible by two Macs, e.g. a network drive (NAS). In this way, synchronization is possible without the Internet. We have even developed so far that synchronization via a flash drive is possible. Thus, no wishes for safe transmission, even for high-security requirements, should be left.

Question: Is synchronization over the Internet secure?
Answer: Each Safe is encrypted and consists of three main types of data. First, the meta data (this is an encrypted database that contains information such as file name, file size, …). Secondly, the encrypted data files (they contain the data of the individual files in encrypted form). Third, the key file (it contains the encryption keys). Everything is encrypted with AES-256.

The data files are transmitted in their encrypted form. The sync protocol (which knows what data has been changed) is also transmitted encrypted. Thus, we have an end-to-end encryption. Everything can only be decrypted, if one knows the Safe password and has the key file.
To increase security even further, we do not directly transfer the key file.
For example, a Safe from a Mac is transferred to an iPhone for the first time, then SimpleumSafe creates a synchronization configuration as an encrypted QR code. This QR code is then photographed and evaluated by the iPhone. Afterwards the input of the Safe password is necessary and the Safe can be created and synchronized on the iPhone.

This additional security function protects the synchronization data from attackers. Even if they know the password and managed to steal the data from the cloud, they still lack the key file.

Question: How long is synchronization in development?
Answer: With the start of the development of SimpleumSafe it was already clear that one day there should be a synchronization. We first released the Mac version a year ago. Half a year later the iOS version. At the beginning of 2017, we started developing the synchronization.

Question: Why does the development of synchronization take so long?
Answer: Secure and robust synchronization is one of the most difficult development areas. Unfortunately, there are also no comprehensive ready-made solutions. Especially when it comes to encrypted synchronization.
We also wanted that users can perform the iCloud and a direct device-to-device synchronization.

We chose decentral asynchronous synchronization. It is considered the non-plus ultra and has the highest robustness. It also does not require any intelligent servers.

Question: When will SimpleumSafe 2.0 be on the market?
Answer: We can not say that yet. We have just set a very great milestone. SimpleumSafe 2.0 is now in the alpha phase. This means that the synchronization in the core is finished.

Now we will handle all exception and possible errors, complete the user interface and the translations. Then test again, test, test …
If we find the alpha version to be good, we will launch a beta test, which is also available to our customers.
If this is completed to the satisfaction of our customers and our quality assurance, SimpleumSafe 2.0 comes on the market.

Question: Does SimpleumSafe 2.0 cost extra money for SimpleumSafe 1 customers?
Answer: No, SimpleumSafe 2.0 is a free update

Update 2017-11-23: SimpleumSafe 2 is now available