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What is the modern replacement for trueCrypt (lemmy.nz)
submitted 9 months ago by absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I had a TC file sent to me, I installed TC to open it.

I used to use TC a lot; many years ago.

But I remembered that there was some controversy a few years back.

Is there a replacement?

The ability to mount an encrypted filesystem and then send that file to someone is really useful.

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[-] flynnguy@programming.dev 31 points 9 months ago

It's my understanding that https://veracrypt.io/en/Downloads.html took over. That said, I'm curious to see what other people recommend.

[-] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago

Veracrypt is what I moved to and works the same for my use

[-] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

VeraCrypt is recommended by the French government. Cryptomator is fine too but it's more useful for clouds, not for sharing files.

Source: https://code.gouv.fr/sill/list?search=veracrypt&sort=best_match

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 10 points 9 months ago

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/encryption/

Tldr veracrypt

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

Cryptsetup/LUKS.

[-] Konstant@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Why Truecrypt was abandoned is still one of those mysteries of FOSS.

[-] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

yeah the sudden shutdown with that cryptic "not secure" warning was wild - most security researchers think it was either a warrant canary or the devs just got tired of maintaining it, but noone knows for sure lol.

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