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I’m having some kind of (IMHO) useless discussion on VeraCrypt being a "trojan" on Windows:
We have a product named "Checkpoint Harmony Endpoint Security" that is intended to protect Windows computers using the Internet… Continue reading What are the security threats of VeraCrypt on Windows?
Some time ago I had a question here about WinRAR security and probably the most common recommendation I came across was to use Veracrypt.
Veracrypt uses XTS, but according to others, XTS encryption is unnecessarily complicated and does not… Continue reading Are Veracrypt, XTS and flash memory attacks feasible? [migrated]
my computer’s OS drive is fully encrypted with Veracrypt’s system encryption: https://veracrypt.eu/en/System%20Encryption.html
Is there a way to remotely enter the password in the pre-boot authentication screen? Like sending it via LAN or … Continue reading Full disk encryption: remotely enter password (Veracrypt or other solutions) [migrated]
I lost my password for encrypted disk.
Is there a way to do something without dumb cracking?
Maybe recovery mode? Because I just lost 50% of my auth data…?
Continue reading Open Veracrypt container (password+keyfile) without password?
FDE tools like VeraCrypt will encrypt the whole system drive when the machine uses legacy boot mode (MBR). But they will only encrypt the system partition if the machine uses EFI boot mode (the EFI partition remains unencrypted).
Most sour… Continue reading Full disk encryption: Legacy boot mode (MBR) vs. EFI boot mode
I’d like to perform a quick format on my external HDD through veracrypt but I’m not sure if a quick format will allow an outsider to download my data from the HDD with ease compared to a full format. I don’t care if they see what it contai… Continue reading Can someone access my veracrypt quick formatted container’s files more easily than if I’d performed a full format?
As example I shrink device by internal tools/commands of Veracrypt and create non-Veracrypt partition/unallocated disk space?
Continue reading Veracrypt: Is there option to shrink fully encrypted device? [migrated]
Every single time I install an new storage device, I’m faced with the same impossible task: how to determine what is the most secure encryption algorithm/settings?
Over the years, I have basically just picked a random one out of the choice… Continue reading How is one supposed to choose between encryption algorithms/settings in VeraCrypt? [duplicate]
Bit of a follow up to this question. After using Veracrypt to "Encrypt system partition/drive" is there a way I can verify the drives are encrypted? If the computer has multiple HDDs or SSDs does it encrypt al of them or just the… Continue reading How to check that Veracrypt encrypted all of the drives?
I’ve read veracrypt documentation, but don’t understand these 3 points.
• A VeraCrypt volume resides on a device/filesystem that saves data (or on a device/filesystem that is controlled or monitored by a system/device that saves data) (e…. Continue reading I’ve read veracrypt documentation, but dont understand these 3 points