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full disk or file?

 

full disk - bitlcoker on windows and luks on linux and filevault on osx.

 

file, use veracrypt or 7zip

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what is the best software to sucure my sensitive data on my hdd?

 

edit: best free software*

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7 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

full disk or file?

 

full disk - bitlcoker on windows and luks on linux and filevault on osx.

 

file, use veracrypt or 7zip

thanks figured out 7-zip works fine 

Main system:

i7 6700k @4.8ghz 1.45v

ROG Maximus Hero VIII

Gigabyte G1 980ti Sli @1500 ghz

Samsung 950 pro 512gb

16gb G.Skill Ripjawz V @3400mhz 

Corsair H115i 280mm AIO

Corsair 400c Case

Corsair RM1000i

 

Backup/Older/Toys:

Intel i3 6100 @4.6ghz 1.52v

Asrock B150M Pro4/Hyper

Intel 750 series 400gb

Radeon Rx 470 XFX

Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm AIO 

inWin 303 case

 

AMD Phenom II x4 940 @3.9ghz 1.65v

Gigabyte 780g mobo

Corsair H100 240mm AIO

Corsair Dominiator 8gb DDR2 @1066

Evga GTX 750ti FTW @1450mhz

Thermaltake Matrix case (modded)

 

"The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage" 

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50 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

full disk or file?

 

full disk - bitlcoker on windows and luks on linux and filevault on osx.

 

file, use veracrypt or 7zip

Agreed on VeraCrypt and 7-Zip for file encryption. However, I highly recommend NOT using BitLocker as it's closed source and thus cannot be proven secure. If only VeraCrypt could handle full disk encryption... someday...

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Agreed on VeraCrypt and 7-Zip for file encryption. However, I highly recommend NOT using BitLocker as it's closed source and thus cannot be proven secure. If only VeraCrypt could handle full disk encryption... someday...

bitlocker is more than secure enough for most people. And your using windows, it probably has a keylogger watching what you type into veracrypt anyways.

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