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LOL, that was when they _removed_ all encryption in their last, final update. That was part of the deal probably, but they made it so obvious that nobody took i

LOL, that was when they _removed_ all encryption in their last, final update. That was part of the deal probably, but they made it so obvious that nobody took it seriously. Everybody got the message: something is going wrong. Since then truecrypt was carefully reviewed, some bugs were found, but no backdoors. It was forked and veracrypt is one of those forks. It has enhanced security which makes it annoying to use. For example to disconnect the drive one needs to enter admin's password. That's done because veracrypt doesn't store it. On one hand it makes it more secure, on the other entering passwords many times in public makes it less.

LoganDark 3y ago
> For example to disconnect the drive one needs to enter admin's password. That's done because veracrypt doesn't store it. What? For me, VeraCrypt can mount and unmount volumes (on Windows 11) without ever prompting for UAC. It could also do the same on my other, Windows 10 PC.
- two_in_one 3y ago
  On Ubuntu it requires admin pas on every action. Like mount/unmount. On truecrypt it's on click. Sadly they are not compatible. Not sure, did veracrypt pass external audit like truecrypt?
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    > Not sure, did veracrypt pass external audit like truecrypt? I believe they incorporated the recommendations from TrueCrypt's own audit, and then went through an additional external audit that came up clean.
sangnoir 3y ago
> LOL, that was when they _removed_ all encryption in their last, final update That's was the time the other Truecrypt contributors learned that Paul le Roux was in federal custody[1]. Most likely they nukes encryption & gave dire warnings as a scorched earth play to avoid the possibility of an FBI-authored binary release of TrueCrypt, since Paul controlled the website and the infrastructure, IIRC. 1. Warning: linked story is a 3-part longform story that can cause 30-60m to vanish from your day. https://magazine.atavist.com/he-always-had-a-dark-side/ https://magazine.atavist.com/he-always-had-a-dark-side/

LoganDark 3y ago

> For example to disconnect the drive one needs to enter admin's password. That's done because veracrypt doesn't store it. What? For me, VeraCrypt can mount and unmount volumes (on Windows 11) without ever prompting for UAC. It could also do the same on my other, Windows 10 PC.

two_in_one 3y ago
On Ubuntu it requires admin pas on every action. Like mount/unmount. On truecrypt it's on click. Sadly they are not compatible. Not sure, did veracrypt pass external audit like truecrypt?
- LoganDark 3y ago
  > Not sure, did veracrypt pass external audit like truecrypt? I believe they incorporated the recommendations from TrueCrypt's own audit, and then went through an additional external audit that came up clean.

sangnoir 3y ago

> LOL, that was when they _removed_ all encryption in their last, final update That's was the time the other Truecrypt contributors learned that Paul le Roux was in federal custody[1]. Most likely they nukes encryption & gave dire warnings as a scorched earth play to avoid the possibility of an FBI-authored binary release of TrueCrypt, since Paul controlled the website and the infrastructure, IIRC. 1. Warning: linked story is a 3-part longform story that can cause 30-60m to vanish from your day. https://magazine.atavist.com/he-always-had-a-dark-side/ https://magazine.atavist.com/he-always-had-a-dark-side/