1w ago

What is the modern replacement for trueCrypt

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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It's my understanding that https://veracrypt.io/en/Downloads.html took over. That said, I'm curious to see what other people recommend.
- Veracrypt is what I moved to and works the same for my use
- VeraCrypt is recommended by the French government. Cryptomator is fine too but it's more useful for clouds, not for sharing files.
  Source: https://code.gouv.fr/sill/list?search=veracrypt&sort=best_match
Cryptsetup/LUKS.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/encryption/
Tldr veracrypt
Why Truecrypt was abandoned is still one of those mysteries of FOSS.
- 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.

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