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Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive Phantom Drive appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

PSA: Veracrypt recommends against using hidden volumes on USB flash drives (source)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    They don't recommend against it... It's a detailed guideline on doing it successfully.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    A VeraCrypt volume resides on a device/filesystem that utilizes a wear-leveling mechanism (e.g. a flash-memory SSD or USB flash drive). A copy of (a fragment of) the VeraCrypt volume may remain on the device. Therefore, do not store hidden volumes on such devices/filesystems.

    I understand that page is a bit dense, so I'm quoting the relevant text from the above source.

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