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🔐 We encrypt the data.
• Encryption is the last bastion of digital freedom. All why? Because AES256 encryption is considered impossible to decrypt. There are some risks that a quantum computer can do this. But so far only Sauron has quantum computers - like Palantir . When every comrade major has quantum computers, then we’ll talk. And even then, quantum encryption will appear on a quantum computer. So for every tricky nut there is a bolt with a left-hand thread.
• But until this happens, how to protect yourself? I recommend VeraCrypt to everyone. There are some bugs behind it, but constant patches quickly eliminate them. You can, of course, use old-school TrueCrypt (VeraCrypt is a fork of it), but it is no longer supported. There is also ZuluCrypt & PicoCrypt, so there are actually a lot of options. Choose what your heart is most drawn to.
• Now about the setup. VeraCrypt cannot be used as is, out of the box. You need to tick the required boxes. Be sure to set the unmount time in the parameters. If you haven't done anything with the volume for a while, it will automatically unmount. This is useful if you went to the toilet and did not unmount the disks, or, God forbid, you are lying in bracelets on a cold floor.
• Second, clear your password cache when you exit. Let me explain. When you have worked with the volume, have not unmounted it and closed the laptop lid, sending it to sleep, your passwords remain in the cache and, if something happens, they can be pulled out using a special tambourine and ritual dances. I think this is how the security forces “opened” the archive of one famous journalist. Or thermorectal cryptanalysis. You don't even need a quantum computer here.
• And one last thing. VeraCrypt has hot buttons. You can assign unmounting even to one button. Therefore, if Comrade Major began a sudden assault on your door using cardboard and sticks, you will have time to turn all the archives into a pumpkin.
• Encryption is the last bastion of digital freedom. All why? Because AES256 encryption is considered impossible to decrypt. There are some risks that a quantum computer can do this. But so far only Sauron has quantum computers - like Palantir . When every comrade major has quantum computers, then we’ll talk. And even then, quantum encryption will appear on a quantum computer. So for every tricky nut there is a bolt with a left-hand thread.
• But until this happens, how to protect yourself? I recommend VeraCrypt to everyone. There are some bugs behind it, but constant patches quickly eliminate them. You can, of course, use old-school TrueCrypt (VeraCrypt is a fork of it), but it is no longer supported. There is also ZuluCrypt & PicoCrypt, so there are actually a lot of options. Choose what your heart is most drawn to.
• Now about the setup. VeraCrypt cannot be used as is, out of the box. You need to tick the required boxes. Be sure to set the unmount time in the parameters. If you haven't done anything with the volume for a while, it will automatically unmount. This is useful if you went to the toilet and did not unmount the disks, or, God forbid, you are lying in bracelets on a cold floor.
• Second, clear your password cache when you exit. Let me explain. When you have worked with the volume, have not unmounted it and closed the laptop lid, sending it to sleep, your passwords remain in the cache and, if something happens, they can be pulled out using a special tambourine and ritual dances. I think this is how the security forces “opened” the archive of one famous journalist. Or thermorectal cryptanalysis. You don't even need a quantum computer here.
• And one last thing. VeraCrypt has hot buttons. You can assign unmounting even to one button. Therefore, if Comrade Major began a sudden assault on your door using cardboard and sticks, you will have time to turn all the archives into a pumpkin.