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What is the modern replacement for trueCrypt (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 weeks 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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[โ€“] Konstant@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week 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.