On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Jon Callas <[email protected]> wrote: [snip]
> But to get to the specifics here, I've spoken to law enforcement and > border control people in a country that is not the US, who told me > that yeah, they know all about TrueCrypt and their assumption is > that *everyone* who has TrueCrypt has a hidden volume and if they > find TrueCrypt they just get straight to getting the second password. > They said, "We know about that trick, and we're not stupid." Well, they'd be wrong with that assumption then. > I asked them about the case where someone has TrueCrypt but doesn't > have a hidden volume, what would happen to someone doesn't have one? > Their response was, "Why would you do a dumb thing like that? The whole > point of TrueCrypt is to have a hidden volume, and I suppose if you > don't have one, you'll be sitting in a room by yourself for a long > time. We're not *stupid*." That's good to know then. I never had anything *that* secret to protect, so never bothered to create a hidden volume. I just wanted a good, cheap encrypted volume solution where I could keep my tax records and other sensitive personal info. And if law enforcement ever requested the password for that, I wouldn't hesitate to hand it over if they had the proper subpoena / court order. But I'd be SOL when then went looking for a second hidden volume simply because one doesn't exist. Guess if I ever go out of the country with my laptop, I'd just better securely wipe that partion. -kevin -- Blog: http://off-the-wall-security.blogspot.com/ "The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We *cause* accidents." -- Nathaniel Borenstein _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
