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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Scot Walker on March 01, 2012, 03:56 pm

Title: Interesting read, and good news for TrueCrypt users (or any encryption in U.S.)
Post by: Scot Walker on March 01, 2012, 03:56 pm
Good news for anyone running TrueCrypt with a hidden partition, and decoy. Or anyone password protecting something in the U.S.


http://forums.truecrypt.org/viewtopic.php?t=25929
Title: Re: Interesting read, and good news for TrueCrypt users (or any encryption in U.S.)
Post by: audacity on March 02, 2012, 02:00 am
Some heavy shit- lots of conflicting opinions as to the widespread implications as well.

For small time buyers and even your average vendor, thought, I'd think this is definitely a great sign.
Title: Re: Interesting read, and good news for TrueCrypt users (or any encryption in U.S.)
Post by: Scot Walker on March 02, 2012, 03:37 pm
Some heavy shit- lots of conflicting opinions as to the widespread implications as well.

For small time buyers and even your average vendor, thought, I'd think this is definitely a great sign.

Yea, I'm surprised it took this long to get this ruling! It's clearly a violation of the 5th amendment to be forced to give up a password that may lead to you incriminating yourself!
Title: Re: Interesting read, and good news for TrueCrypt users (or any encryption in U.S.)
Post by: itztime on March 02, 2012, 09:23 pm
Love it.

Just goes to show how essential it is to use TrueCrypt for anything and everything you do.

Hope this dosn't attract too much attention though, or laws may change.
Title: Re: Interesting read, and good news for TrueCrypt users (or any encryption in U.S.)
Post by: sourman on March 02, 2012, 10:44 pm
Awesome news, just make sure you don't rely on FDE alone to protect sensitive data. As long as your OS is running, the master key for the volume can easily be extracted from RAM. Treat the FDE volume as a regular OS and wipe your tracks; store private files in regular tc file containers and dismount them whenever you leave the computer.

Better yet, take out all mass storage and boot from a CD if you want to leave behind nothing at all. Even if LE manages to somehow exploit your install, they can't plant a persistent bug on your machine. Also, make sure you can't be ambushed while using the secret OS. Run a laptop off the battery and lock yourself in an interior room away from windows if you're really paranoid. Quickly take the battery out if your door is broken down, or even if you hear an unexpected doorbell ring, phone call etc trying to get you away from the computer.
Title: Re: Interesting read, and good news for TrueCrypt users (or any encryption in U.S.)
Post by: MailMaxDev on March 02, 2012, 10:54 pm
If you're ordered by a court to provide a password what can they do if you say you forgot it?
Title: Re: Interesting read, and good news for TrueCrypt users (or any encryption in U.S.)
Post by: inscape on March 02, 2012, 11:16 pm
hold you in contempt of court is my understanding...

which i'd much rather be charged with than revealing the contents of the encrypted volumes of many here, lol...