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    Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQEzA2ye4U

    DiskCryptor. From what I can tell it seems to have a better system encryption than Truecrypt ever had and you can just do more with it. Plus you can even make encrypted backup CD/DVD for storage purposes to ensure thefts do not lead to your data being compromised.

    I don't know if you guys have found other things but this one is my fav so far.

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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    Bitlocker built in to certain versions of windows seems adequate, although I would prefer hardware based encryption for speed.

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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    Well with encryption it is important to have open source software. Otherwise if someone steals your files/hard drives they could use some hidden exploit that gets uncovered to gain access and potentially commit identity theft or who knows what. Bitlocker is not open source.

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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    Quote Originally Posted by Morthawt View Post
    Well with encryption it is important to have open source software. Otherwise if someone steals your files/hard drives they could use some hidden exploit that gets uncovered to gain access and potentially commit identity theft or who knows what.
    If only it were that simple....
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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

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    If only it were that simple....
    In terms of the code being disclosed or not is the simple part. Closed source has no external eyes on it to check for backdoors or exploits. Closed source only gets developed and checked by the original developers and if any bugs or exploits exist nobody would know except for stumbling on to them experientially. Open source has eyes all over the world looking through it. When bugs and exploits are found they are submitted and resolved, plus it would be stupid to try and hide an actual backdoor in open source because someone is going to find it.

    So in the case of Bitlocker you have no way of knowing how secure it is, if there are backdoors or exploits or anything. For an operating system that is mostly ok but when it comes to separate software to do things like encrypt you really do want open source when ever possible. But if people want an open source operating system they can always use a distro of linux.

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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    You might want to read the rest of the thread. Publishing the code is one thing - understanding it and peer reviewing it is another. It has been covered in the technical press. Open source code is not immune from bugs or errors just because it is open source.

    If a new set of developers take over TrueCrypt, they are going to have a very steep learning curve in getting to understand it.
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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    I know it is not immune, I am simply talking about the fact that everything is out there in the public eye whereas closed source isn't. Sure I could not read the source, about as much as I can read is AutoIt scripts and even then I know what it is like to read someone elses code (not easy) but the fact it can be done vs not be done is an important distinction. I get what I can for over all security software but when it comes to encryption I only and always go with open source. Secret algorithms are useless because they cannot be tested correctly, same goes for the over all software. That is why software use all the well known open source algorithms because they are free to use and can be inspected and have been along with being pounded on over the years. Yes, open source does not guarantee anything but it does increase the chances that it is going to be ok just because of the public exposure of the source code.

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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    TrueCrypt has been around for years, but it is only in the last 12 months or so that a proper independent security audit has been proposed, and that may still go ahead.

    While Open Source can be read by anyone, it doesn't mean that it will be - or at least by someone competent to understand the detail. And even if it is, unless you are that person, you still have to make a judgement call on how far you trust that person's ability.

    I accept the point you are making, but open source software is not inherently more secure just because it is open source. The fact that it is open also lends itself to subverted copies being made, which is why the hash cchecksum and digital signatures 9if any) should always be verified - always assuming you trust the validity and authenticity of the signing key.
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    Re: Now that Truecrypt is out of the picture, I found a great alternative.

    It is going ahead (the audit) which is a good thing because at lest we will have proof that what we have had access to was in fact secure.

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