No option to encrypt files individually

[Jeb E.]

During install of Ubuntu, I am always offered the option to encrypt my entire home folder, but I don't need to or desire to encrypt everything, especially if I am not going to remember where I put the encryption passphrase I'm supposed to print out, plus even if my home folder IS encrypted, that doesn't encrypt the files I send via email or IM to anyone.

What would I recommend? Keep the option to encrypt your home folder at install, but also add the option to encrypt any file you desire, essentially password-protect any file I want simply by right-clicking on it and clicking "encrypt", without having to go through the whole .zip process, which not all devices are compatible with.

Allowing the user to encrypt his or her own files on-demand allows more control the user can do to protect his or her assets, even when that file may be send over the web, something that isn't available now unless the person compresses it into a .zip, .tar.gz, etc file that all computers aren't compatible with.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 4 17:26:18 2013
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'840x550+832+275'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130926)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.