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Veracrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt, which was used by lots of low tech people (I know some personally). For certain use cases, it's pretty straightforward to use.

Veracrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt, which was used by lots of low tech people (I know some personally). For certain use cases, it's pretty straightforward to use. I suspect that at that time, it was the simplest highly secure SW that was available to people: Free and open source. Comparing with Bitlocker is silly - its source is closed, and that's almost an automatic "untrustworthy" for many. It also is Windows only.

jolux 3y ago
> that's almost an automatic "untrustworthy" for many “Many” is probably overstating things relative to the full audience for Bitlocker
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kinleyd 3y ago
Veracrypt works on Linux too. I switched over when Truecrypt was orphaned.
- genezeta 3y ago
  I'd say they meant Bitlocker is Windows only.
  - kinleyd 3y ago
    Ah, you're right. I realized that was probably what was meant after I'd posted. I never realized there was so much history - just thought the app had been orphaned for the usual mundane reasons. I've got to read that book!