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> People never really trusted Veracrypt though Can you expand on this? It was my understanding that Veracrypt is the new de-facto standard.

• dijit 2y ago
  Bitlocker, LUKS and FileVault are the new standard(s). Veracrypt is a curiousity, not beloved the way truecrypt was. I’d love to see hard numbers for this, just my outside impression. In fact, when trying to find old forums that I was part of during that era, I failed; and found only this: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-people-still-believe-truecrypt-is-much-better-than-veracrypt/18295 https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-people-still-believe...
  • UberFly 2y ago
    This is complete conjecture. Like Truecrypt, Veracrypt is open source, has been audited and has been actively maintained. Could it use another audit? Sure but so could Bitlocker but that isn't happening for even the first time any time soon.
    • dijit 2y ago
      I read this as intended to be some kind of rebuttal but… Where did I say it wasn't conjecture? I was stating facts about the ecosystem. People didn't trust it at the time. I never said there was a definite reason for that distrust.
      • trompetenaccoun 2y ago
        Never heard of any credible reasons to distrust Veracrypt. Don't know who these "people" are either, none of the comments named anything more concrete than what sounds like online rumors.