Posted: 8/19/2012 6:18:50 PM EDT
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Are these things really as secure as the software developer says they are? |
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I trust my shit to an Ironkey, but everyone said if you can't afford one of those, TrueCrypt is the next best thing. Maybe ask the guy in the "Ask a computer forensic expert anything" thread.
*Shrug* |
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Id say your good to go. Last time i read about truecrypt the time it would take to crack that shit is in the millions of years or something rediculous.
Unless you give up the passwords that shit is staying locked. http://news.techworld.com/security/3228701/fbi-hackers-fail-to-crack-truecrypt/ |
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Unless the password is compromised via keylogger or social engineering, its impossible to crack. There was a thread on Reddit a few days ago about a man finding his dead brothers' TrueCrypt container. He asked how he could recover the data, and all the experts basically said he was screwed. |
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Short of the password being compromised (through a key logger or stupidity), unbreakable/unbreachable with current technology. This is not necessarily true^^^, or should I say the whole truth. Outside of keyloggers, stupidity or error, the driving force for most is password length and character combination. Password recovery speeds Leave your computer on, even if your encryption program is shut down and you're not safe- the password for your program is stored in the RAM... So what, I shut off my PC and power it down, so I'm 100% safe, right? Nope... not entirely Technology advances exponentially. I am not an IT forensic specialist..., my hard cold light of understanding comes to me via daily dealings with IT people...these guys literally think in a different language. 
That said, I use truecrypt. LONG random passwords though. |