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TrueCrypt let you encrypt your drive in a "plausibly deniable" way. One password would let you see the encrypted contents as would expect, but there was also a
by Paul-ish 10y ago
TrueCrypt let you encrypt your drive in a "plausibly deniable" way. One password would let you see the encrypted contents as would expect, but there was also a sort of duress password. If you mounted the drive with the second password, you would not see files added with the "true" password. You could even add files to this file system so it looked like a fully functioning file system.
How would the authorities know you have given them the correct password?
I'm not sure how effective it was, I remember there being some criticism of it.
- toyg 10y agoIt's not that effective against clued-up forensics, I'm pretty sure I've read of cases where prosecution successfully detected TC volumes. It does however deal with garden-variety "gun to the head" scenarios.
- Kostchei 10y agoThere are several ways to utilise TrueCrypt to truly hide data. The issue is "operational security", not the tool you use. You need to think about how the data is stored, what it will look like whilst encrypted, how will you handle that under questioning. "yes my drive is fully encrypted, get stuffed" will not suffice. It'd be nice, but the reality is that you will be required to bow down in digital obeyance to the court/man/gov