Encrypt your files and folders using TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org). It creates a volume that you can store stuff in (like a hard drive), but when you unmount it you are left with a fully encrypted file that you can store or transport.
@LKJPDUR Yes, just as with any (ordinary) unencrypted file. There may be a slightly added risk when using encryption, because other users on your system may not understand the importance of the encrypted file's content. Also, if you encrypt a whole volume, some clever users may think it blank, and format it. Therefore, under some circumstances, encryption can create an increased rate of human-error in accidental deletion. I hope this helps.
@LKJPDUR You are thinking of backup. Encryption = a person can't easily see what your file system contains. Backup = a deleted file can be recovered more easily. Backing up off-site can minimizing chances of a catastrophic deletion (from a fire/tornado hitting your computing site). It is usually best to encrypt first, then back up off-site. Using powerful encryption on your backups makes for safer site 2 storage. If site 2 security is breached, your backups will not yield secrets.
Police suspect you have something illegal on your Truecrypt drive. Ask for password. You give it. Then they say the know that Truecrypt lets you have a hidden encrypted drive withing the encrypted drive. Demand the password for that. You say you didn't use that feature. 3 years in prison for contempt of court. When you come out, repeat.
So set up the hidden inner drive to avoid that fate.
@zck7 type "don't talk to police" in the youtube search to see the debate. very good.
muffemod 3 months ago
@LKJPDUR Yes, just as with any (ordinary) unencrypted file. There may be a slightly added risk when using encryption, because other users on your system may not understand the importance of the encrypted file's content. Also, if you encrypt a whole volume, some clever users may think it blank, and format it. Therefore, under some circumstances, encryption can create an increased rate of human-error in accidental deletion. I hope this helps.
thejeffbomb 4 months ago
@LKJPDUR You are thinking of backup. Encryption = a person can't easily see what your file system contains. Backup = a deleted file can be recovered more easily. Backing up off-site can minimizing chances of a catastrophic deletion (from a fire/tornado hitting your computing site). It is usually best to encrypt first, then back up off-site. Using powerful encryption on your backups makes for safer site 2 storage. If site 2 security is breached, your backups will not yield secrets.
thejeffbomb 4 months ago
what's the point of the encryption? How can I create a file that is encrypted and can not be deleted easily? Please Help!
LKJPDUR 4 months ago
So anyone can delete the file anytime they want. and then I lose all my file?
LKJPDUR 4 months ago
@bdf2718 Sounds like you live in a police state.
In the USA, the best thing to do is: Don't answer a single question that the cops ask.
There's a good debate that I saw where a law professor and a former cop both advise that approach.
zck7 7 months ago 2
@bdf2718 i think i get it now
CheckOutThisComment 8 months ago
@hockeyhatesgooglnow
Truecrypt sneers at you.
bdf2718 8 months ago
@CheckOutThisComment
Doesn't matter what you have on your drive.
Police suspect you have something illegal on your Truecrypt drive. Ask for password. You give it. Then they say the know that Truecrypt lets you have a hidden encrypted drive withing the encrypted drive. Demand the password for that. You say you didn't use that feature. 3 years in prison for contempt of court. When you come out, repeat.
So set up the hidden inner drive to avoid that fate.
bdf2718 8 months ago
I hate encryption, I just bought a new external hard drive and now I can't even use it while it's being encrypted -.- Fecking great
KniferAssassin 9 months ago