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The NSA goons probably ed up and got caught with their pants down, the same way that I caught my neighbor spying on me. I caught a neighbor doing ALL of these things to me back in 2008. They have listening devices that allow them to listen in on a person’s subvocalizations. They use Van Eck Phreaking to spy on peoples computers that are not connected to the internet. They use microwave technology to eavesdrop on targets without the need for bugs. They track people, use gangstalking techniques to harass and intimidate targets. What really happened? The truecrypt people found out that the NSA had identified them and were spying on them. Otherwise, why not just say “we are tired now, so we are quitting”? There is nothing wrong with saying that and ending it. If you need a direct TrueCrypt replacement, it’s my recommendation.

VeraCrypt exists and continues to be supported. It’s safer to move on and stop using TrueCrypt. Number 1 may be true, but there’s no hard data that supports the assertion.

Someone else may pick it up, but it’ll probably take a while.

In the original version of this article, I stated: Care must also be taken to clean up any decrypted files, and possible wipe free space as files are manually decrypted, altered, and re-encrypted. If that’s the case, stand-alone tools like 7-Zip or WinZip can be used.Ĭare must be taken to create zip archives using a password to enable encryption. It’s certainly possible that you don’t need the seamless approach offered by most of the alternatives listed above.

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TrueCrypt alternative #4: manual encryption While targeted at transparently encrypting the files you place in cloud services like DropBox (which is what I use it for), there’s nothing that says it must be used with cloud services.Įven as a stand-alone encryption tool, it can be used in ways that mimic some of TrueCrypt’s functionality. These days, my encryption tool of choice is BoxCryptor.

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The conversion is some work, of course.īitLocker is included in all but the Home edition of Windows 10, in which case you’ll need to upgrade or choose an alternative.

Particularly for whole-disk encryption, using BitLocker (if it’s available in your edition of Windows) is a fine solution. At the time, BitLocker had enough issues that I essentially dismissed it. This is the alternative recommended by the original TrueCrypt developers on their way out. If all you are looking for is a plug-and-play replacement, VeraCrypt is my recommendation. VeraCrypt has also made some improvements to the encryption algorithms used. It can read and write TrueCrypt containers, and can also convert them to its own format. As a result, its functionally extremely similar to TrueCrypt - so much so that it’s easy to mistake it for TrueCrypt itself.

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VeraCrypt is a fork (copy) of the TrueCrypt source code that’s been taken over and continues to be maintained. We worked hard on this for 10 years, nothing lasts forever.” TrueCrypt alternative #1: VeraCrypt Perhaps most telling is this quote from the developer’s Twitter account: “I were happy with the audit, it didn’t spark anything. The likely scenario is that the developers were simply tired of working on TrueCrypt and decided to call it quits.

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The page goes on to give detailed instructions on how to migrate data from TrueCrypt encryption to Microsoft’s BitLocker.Īt the bottom of the page, in big red letters the page also says “ WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure“, and presents a link to the 7.2 version of TrueCrypt, which can only decrypt. You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform. Such integrated support is also available on other platforms. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images. The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP.

This page exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by TrueCrypt. WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues On May 28, 2014, the TrueCrypt website was altered to present the following message: It’s time to move to a successor or alternative. But the fact is, we don’t really know, and the code is no longer being maintained.

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If you’re still using TrueCrypt (and it remains available via an archive hosted by grc.com: TrueCrypt Final Release Repository), it’s time to stop and switch to one of the alternatives I’ll discuss below.

VeraCrypt is a more or less direct replacement for TrueCrypt.

Years later, TrueCrypt’s death is still shrouded in mystery.

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