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0 pointsSir_Cmpwn11y ago0 comments

The Arch Linux wiki page has an excellent overview: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Encryption

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Hmm, it doesn't appear that any of the options there work on Linux, OS X, and Windows?

You are correct. These options are not very portable. My point here is not that the alternatives are ready for non-technical users, but that developers should focus on realizing that future instead of maintaining and advocating a fork of dangerous software.

Edit: I was wrong, dm-crypt is supposedly accessible on Windows and maybe accessible on OS X. Non-FDE methods have decent spread. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Encryption#compatibilit...

Zancarius11y ago

> instead of maintaining and advocating a fork of dangerous software.

This smells of hyperbole. Why do you consider TC to be _dangerous_ software? Lack of maintenance? Speculative possibilities regarding recent events?

If the rumors are true that the TrueCrypt devs are throwing in the towel, that discounts a couple of dangerous scenarios I can think of leaving only lax maintenance.

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