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I once used TrueCrypt for an external HDD and I regretted it. After some years the disk failed, and I had no chance to recover its content as touching a few bit
by yamrzou 6y ago
I once used TrueCrypt for an external HDD and I regretted it. After some years the disk failed, and I had no chance to recover its content as touching a few bits meant the inability to decrypt it or recover a part of it. It had some of my most valuable memories and unfortunately, I had no backup.
Now, I prefer a solution which preserves the directory structure like EncFS and I make sure to backup.
- stuxnet79 6y agoThis is precisely the reason why I don't encrypt full drives. A bad sector, which let's be honest, will happen eventually is a death sentence. I'm paranoid about security but not paranoid enough to take a chance like that. I've never heard of EncFS but I'll take a look. The gold standard for me is being able to easily recover my data from a corrupted and encrypted drive.