Yep that's true.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/24/2014 04:43 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > >> There can be multiple volumes and each password simply unlocks a > different > >> volume. But it's not the same blocks being used to store different data. > > > > This is exactly what I figured. Still, it was worth asking. :) > > I always thought that truecrypt offered volumes within volumes, so that > when the bad guys demand your password (because they can clearly see > that you have the tools installed, and that there is a truecrypt volume > on the drive, you give them the password to the outer volume, but the > inner volume is really just random noise. They can't even tell if it > exists or not. So you can not divulge any hidden volume passwords and > they can never prove that the hidden volume actually exists or not. Or > you can have multiple hidden volumes. So you can say, okay, you got me, > here is the password, which unlocks one of the hidden volumes, that > contains plausible stuff. That way your really private stuff (and there > are good reasons to keep things really private, not just because of > social norms or guilt!), is never revealed. And can never be proven to > exist. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
