Trinu, who keeps sensitive data inside AES-encrypted .zip archives, asked the Answer Line forum about the advantages and disadvantages of switching to TrueCrypt. Regular readers know that I’m a big ...

Ever stop to think what would happen if your flash drive went missing? Or your laptop? Password protection might prevent a casual thief from accessing your vital files and documents, but anyone with a ...

Windows (7), and SyncBack for that matter, don't recognize that a change has been made to a file encrypted by TrueCrypt. This plays hell with backups that look for file size or date changes. Is there ...

The free, open-source TrueCrypt file encryption program allows you to create encrypted container files for protecting sensitive data. These container files appear just like any other file, which ...

Unless you encrypt your files, outsiders can easily gain access to them–even without knowing your Windows password–by booting into their own operating system from a special disc or from a bootable USB ...

Steganography is the process of hiding an encrypted message in some otherwise innocent looking format. We've gone over some ways to do this in the past with image files, but now you can take it to a ...

Last week we asked you to share your favorite file encryption tool. We tallied up the votes and put the five top contenders before you in the Hive Five. Now we're back to highlight the winner and ...

TrueCrypt is a free and open-source program for encrypting data. It's excellent for securing hard drives. It also contains the capability to hide a secret operating system inside another operating ...

I have an 8 gig Corsair FlashVoyager GT that I use one day every week to copy a bunch of files for transport. I use robocopy to copy the files to a 7.5 gig TrueCrypt volume. The contents of the copy ...

Message from TrueCrypt that it’s being discontinued on SourceForge.net. The abrupt discontinuation of the disk and file encryption freeware TrueCrypt by its secretive software developers has left many ...

On Wednesday afternoon, the official website for the TrueCrypt encryption software -- which allows users to encrypt hard drives and sensitive files -- was updated to say that it is no longer safe to ...