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 # cryfs [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cryfs/cryfs.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cryfs/cryfs)
-Cryptographic filesystem for the cloud
+CryFS encrypts your files, so you can safely store them anywhere. It works well together with cloud services like Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive and others.
 
 See http://www.cryfs.org