Veracrypt Get Started Guide: Encryption Made Easy
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- Complete setup and guide to encrypting your files, folders, operating systems, and drives with Veracrypt, a free and open source encryption software. Veracrypt will keep your files in encrypted containers which will keep your data safe. It is commonly regarded as the best encryption software, and a much more versatile option compared to Microsoft Window's Bitlocker, and Apple's MacOS Filevault. Veracrypt is cross-compatible with Windows, MacOS, and Linux. This tutorial will break down the software and how to do full disk encryption on Windows.
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0:20 - Veracrypt Intro
1:56 - Encrypt Items
5:14 - Encrypt System
6:38 - Outro
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Techlore in regards to the Full Disk Encryption, does is delete all the files and programs you've installed on it? I know you said that the *Wipe Mode* doesn't remove your data, but there are others sites and videos and forum that do claim that it does. So what is the truth?
www.reddit.com/r/crypto/comments/7s6ljr/what_does_veracrypt_mean_by_wipe/
Hello, so, to decrypt and access my files, VeraCrypt should be installed on my computer?
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Great video! Two important information:
1) Your encrypted volume is only as strong as your password. Make sure it's at least 30 characters long, as your adversary can bruteforce it with trillions guesses per second. Something like - DonaldtheDADDYTrumpisTHICCboi!damn# is a strong and memorable password.
2) Hidden Volumes: They are made to give you a protection of plausible deniability. In certain jurisdiction, like the UK or (parts of) US, if the police finds your encrypted storage, you must give them a decryption key. With Veracrypt hidden volume, you actually create a decoy volume, where you store sensitively looking data. And the hidden encrypted volume stores your actually sensitive data. What's crucial is that these two volumes have DIFFERENT passwords. So that when you are asked by the law enforcement to hand over your decryption key, you can give them a password to your decoy volume and they will never know about the hidden volume.
Always encrypt in a hidden volume. It's only one more step but will give you a tremendous security.
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"DonaldtheDADDYTrumpisTHICCboi!damn#" is the very genius and funny Hahahha
Great Points!
I haven't used VeryCrypt or any other full disk encryption tool yet....
but what about volume sizes for the hidden volumes? Lets say I got a 8tb external hard drive which I want to encrypt. Can I just create a 7.9tb sized hidden volume and a 0.1tb visible regular "decoy" volume or would that be too obvious to law enforcement that there MUST be more than just a 100gb sized volume?
Since they will probably notice that I use VeraCrypt can't they just infer that I am using a hidden volume (based on the 8tb sticker on the outside of the hard drive) which then I have to give them the decryption key anyway? Which then brings me back to the beginning ... why use a hidden volume in the first place when it is kinda obvious that there is one.
Or does the hidden volume only makes sense for smaller volumes that are .. idk... just a couple gb in size?
greetings
Official VeraCrypt advice is to use both hidden and decoy volume more or less equally. The size of the encrypted file is the sum of hidden and decoy volumes. If you can defend yourself by plausible deniability, law enforcement would have to prove there is another volume. Giving them access to your decoy volume shouldn't by itself reveal there is another volume or encrypted partition. It also shouldn't be possible to tell you are using veracrypt software. I don't have any legal experience with this. Follow this for more information www.veracrypt.fr/en/Plausible%20Deniability.html
The fact that you can go to prison for merely encrypting your drive and refusing to give law enforcement access to it when they have no probable cause or reasonable suspicion is beyond terrifying. We are talking about democratic countries like the United Kingdom. How there are nor riots in the streets because of this is beyond me.
Thank you very much for this!
It was the VeraCrypt Boot Loader in the video above (6:20 min) that made me think about it. But as long as one doesn't encrypt the system partition one should be on the safe side - as I understand it- since nobody can tell that VeraCrypt is used.
Any info on how the security relates to the issues Truecrypt had in its final days - regarding any backdoors?
Is it still a concern or is the issue already resolved and completely of the table as it is open source?
Thats what always kept me away from using it - even though I will probably never be targeted by any law enforcement. But whats the point in using it if there is a backdoor.
Many thanks in advance, I really appreciate it!
This is great, I was fed up with Bitlocker setting for Home edition Windows with all the fake videos not giving any solution.
But after learning this, it's so easy to secure private data
1:57 file/folder Encryption
5:14 Full Disk Encryption
The best video I have found on TH-cam about this topic. Nice and concise!
This was the easiest and best explained tutorial I could have asked for. Thank you!
Techlore:
Regarding the "demo" VeraCrypt file that you created:
Upon creating the encrypted folder, you copied (not moved) your unencrypted folder and its files to the encrypted folder.
You left behind the original folder and its files. Some folks, unfamiliar with this process, might believe that the original folder is now encrypted (which it is not).
It should also be noted that if you move sensitive files, from your unencrypted drive, to your encrypted folder, a recovery program has a good chance of restoring (or un-deleting) the original files.
The only files that have the protection of VeraCrypt's encryption are those that are in the encrypted folder. Everything that is, or was, outside of that encrypted folder is the same as it always was.
Cheers!
Exactly what I thought.. You should always delete sensitive data originals with software like Eraser for example which will delete the file and overwrite the sector on disc where the file was originally.. Normal windows deletion is just windows marking the area on disc as ready to be overwritten with something else in the future but there might not come to that point on large drives esp. when you just recently deleted a lot of stuff, windows might not replace that sector for a long time and it could be recovered.. I heard there are also other softwares which can be set to slowly overwrite data in the background which were targetted by you for this process so that might be great if you work with a lot of such stuff, or just work with that sfuff in the encrypted drive.. Also note that some programs for example photoshop or aftereffects even browsers etc. utilize their own cache storage locations in which professionals can dig up the leftovers of files as these softwares dont tend to delete the cache files when you close the program and if they do, the just use the regular delete without overwriting the sectors on disk so the deleted cache files might be recoverable
Agreed encrypt and burn the source as it's the only way to be sure.
I am using Vera crypt for a long time now. Great program. Nice tutorial!
Wow. This was straight forward, informational and very helpful. I feel comfortable using veracrypt after watching this. Thank you.
Best of luck!
Straight forward and very informative. Gave me a nice idea of what to expect before I download and use it for external drive backups. Nice Video!
Excellent initiativ! One thing I've always felt is missing in the whole discussion about privacy, is the low-tech, often used, examples of private data being used.
Everyone knows that their data is being collected, stored and used. But few seem to understand what it means and why they should care. Facebook, Google, Apple and all the others are doing a great job convincing people it is for statistics and analytics only. We need a video showing examples of Price-disciminations. (Air-line and hotels are easiest to show this exaple with). comercials following you around the web/targeted adds. Prices of products going up/down the more you revisit a site. 2FA phone numbers being sold to add-vendors. Generally "Hands on" examples where your data are being 'mis'used against you as a person/consumer. I believe such a video would be very useful to inform the non-technical people why their private information is important
Thank you for your tutorial, straight to the point and easily understood. Thank you for your open/closed source software benefits information. That was major key to your tutorial.
Thanks. There are loads of really complicated things that are supposed to make you more secure, but there is always some simple hack to it. This can potentially be a very secure security measure. Especially when you don't leave the USB plugged in!!
Simple and easy explanation. Thank you
Great info from a great personality, keep up the great work!
Thanks for the tutorial just recently stumble on this amazing software.
Thank you for explaining the program. It still looks a bit complicated to me. And I wonder what the other options and things are for. But I guess you have explained all the things that are necessary to operate the program for an average computer user, like me🤗. Thanks again. And I will try it out for my files.
So simple! thanks, very helpful video. Cheers from Chile :)
Awesome video man!
Thank you very very much for this excellent video.
Been looking for a solution like this, thank you!
Great video im still new to all of this but your videos really help making everything less scary ha ha 🖒
Glad to hear 😊
I am giving you a thumbs up for this video. Yes this video did tach me how to use the program but the Chowder refence pushed it over the top.
Excellent guide
@Techlore - Great video!
I think it would be great if you did a video on a comparison of various different encryption methods (e.g. VeraCrypt vs LUKS vs GELI etc). It would also be worth mentioning about hidden volumes and the benefits thereof (e.g. plausible deniability).
Noted 👍
Omggg , nice video once again! I really wanted to see someone talking about Vera at this day and age but i guess youtubers kinda just think that everyone knows about such tools and they know how to use them, but in reality they really dont 😂😂
Also btw, what do you think about AxCrypt, there is a free versiom but you also have 14days trial i think for a pro
I’m not seeing a major advantage over Veracrypt (for encryption purposes)
Many thanks for the great tutorial I’m curious how to handle this warning when I try to mount the volume i get this warning ( Kext load failed) Next Line says (mount_osxfuse: the file system is not available (255)
thank you veracrypt is amazing
Thanks! Got yourself a NEW SUB
Thank you for this tutorial
You're welcome 😊 - S
great explanation
best TH-camr
Great video and awesome software.
verycrypt is great. as someone running multiple hard drives, I wanted a non-system fully encrypted for private storage however always having to manually mount them for use can get tedious. I wonder why you didn't touch on crucial functions such as system favourites and automount. Regardless, good introduction.
Well done sir, I now have a way to store many years of personal stuff, something that has been annoying the fuck out of me a long long time. Thank you!
Awesome!
Not as awesome as YOUUUU
Yo so i just wanted to add some info. I thought i was locked out of my system. When i tested it, veracrypt on the bootscreen was asking for my password and then a "pim". I did not set a "pim", when i set everything up. I thought i was screwed. My fix for this was... after you enter you password and it asks for pim type "SHA-512" caps necessary. I thought i just screwed myself so bad. Hope this hells someone in a panic like i was
All you have to do is hit enter if you dont set one
Uh, they changed "pim" to "pin", and it now tell to leave it empty if you didn't set a pin
Thank you for this great video, i have an Emmc can i wipe it one time also ? Also can i create the backup disk on the hard disk an move it to a micro SD on my phone wich is encrypted by the phone?
Thank you so much man, super comprehensible stuff!
1) How would you compare Veracrypt to LUKS?
2) Can password managers effectively be used to create long, random passwords for full disk encryption?
Nice job
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Very Interesting
What a legend!
Also how to use Veracrypt combined with Samsung SSD hardware level encryption if someone has no TPM on their motherboard, no system lag when hardware level encryption is used, but not sure if Veracrypt would need a TPM like Bitlocker does
Hi. Thank you for this guid. I've took all steps as you mentioned, but in Volume Format I took forever to format. I terminate this after 3 hours of 1 GB format.
Is there a way to easily mount the drive without having to open up the program and doing it manually? (non-system full disk encryption)
Also, something very dangerous is that if you try to open the drive in windows explorer it will prompt you to format the disk. If you click format it instantly deletes all the data, encrypts and you lose everything... Is there a way to prevent this from happening?
Awesome video. I never used Veracrypt before so I have a question. Can I mount an encrypted volume over a local network? Ideally, I would want to share a network share residing on my Synology RT2600 router between my laptop and my desktop. Possibly login remotely using the VPN Plus Server app on the router from my laptop if I'm away from home. Can this be done with Veracrypt?
very good
But if a file is saved to a physical usb drive and allocated to a specific drive location, then the usb can only ever be unencrypted on that same computer right? I wouldn’t be able to take that usb and plug it into any other computer to access the data on it right?
Also do you find Veracrypt noticeably slows down a system on an ssd? thanks
Does Veracrypt (if just securing the windows system partition and not ‘whole disk’) need to be decrypted each time Windows needs an update? Read in some forums that there is/was an issue like that? Or is/was that just with full disk encryption? Thanks
It was easy until you got to the volume location. You selected Desktop but what happened to that window after you selected that? Your mouse disappeared and the next thing the File Manager window disappeared and you were back in the Encryption window. What did you do after you selected Desktop?
Used to use true crypt then veracrypt, after I upgraded my motherboard and processor my windows installed in gpd not mbr and can't get veracrypt to work. Any ideas other than reinstall windows in mbr?
Instead of AxCrypt, can't you just drop your "demo" container in dropbox and have it sync across devices? Does Dropbox recognize the changes everytime you add files to container, or container hash never changes so dropbox doesn't recognize updates?
So i mount when I want to access my files and dismount when finished?
Thanks for doing the video, it looks similar to Truecrypt .
Yep! It used to be Truecrypt 😊
Would I install a portable version of VeraCrypt onto an external SSD if I want to be able to access files on a computer that does not have Veracrypt? I've been using my schools google drive account to store most of my research and all of the textbook pdfs I've collected over the years. But I want to save this information on an external drive so if I ever lose access to my school account I'll have all of my research and textbooks. From what I read online it sounds like I'm on the right path but just wanted to clarify before I start downloading everything.
when i get to "Rescue Disk Recording" stage and hit Next, i get an error message stating "cannot verify that the rescue disk has been correctly extracted" and won't proceed. I formatted the USB stick but it only has exFat and NSFT or something, but not FAT/FAT32 as is demanded. Help please.
What happens when encrypted disk gets corrupted for whatever reason?
Sometimes a simple power shortage can introduce corrupted sector(s) which can be easily fixed with Win scanner. Is it going to work the same way with encrypted disk?
What about partition image backups and restores?
Restoring backup image from one disk to another? Is the image mountable?
What happens to data copied from encrypted disk to unencrypted?
i do not understand how it would work if I want to retrieve the folder I encrypted from another PC. let say I encrypted the folder in PC one, how would I access the folder from PC two?
In full disk encryption, is there a problem if i install Veracrypt in the same drive that i want to encypt?
If you clean install an operating system on a system drive with full encryption, can you recover the files in that drive after?
How to disable full disk veractypt encryption in Ubuntu?
Please tell me
Thanks, why not using 7zip encryption for file or folder ?
I have Ex4 file encrypted so how can editing on it .how can compile it ? I use mt4 platform
Hi, can you open this in another computer if you're encrypting a usb drive?
So what happens to something I delete in the encrypted volume for the folder?
I really like this video. I learned a lot more about encrypting my files. Are there any other things similar to veracrypt that are FOSS also? And others that are not FOSS? #FOSSFORTHEWIN
VeraCrypt stop accepting extended Latin text and extended characters for new volumes. Any links as to why?
Uhh I've got a dumb question, I've followed all of the steps in the right order and I wonder, will veracrypt encrypt both my ssd and my hdd present in my computer? or will it only encrypt the ssd (on which my windows system is stored on) ?
thank you
muchas gracias.
i have nvme as an external storage usb & i want to encrypt but also access from my android device over usb so i have it in exfat. i cant run veracrypt on android to decrypt / view files = EDS Lite
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is there something in Fdroid?
Can you delete the main folder from desktop after it is encrypted?
Would recommend making a video on building a script that would serve as a "Dead man switch"
in case you need to encrypt things on the fly for obvious reasons that i will leave for the audience to imagine.
So VeraCrypt is not applicable on Linux Server?
Is there an equivalent on Linux Server?
Great video. You said you Question: @ 2:55 when you are selecting a volume to encrypt, are you selecting a file or a folder named demo? The reason I ask, you mentioned you can encrypt a file or folder, and I cannot select a folder to encrypt but I can select a file. Thanks for the clarification!
There was some misunderstanding on your part. You cannot encrypt neither file nor folder as-is (in their location). You encrypt them by moving them (or creating them) to the Veracrypt volume.
nice video
It states OSXFUSE must be installed but that requires I give remote access of my new MacBook to some random dude this obviously makes me uncomfortable 😣 is there an alternative program or a work around any help will be greatly appreciated
Ok i have ssd disk and hdd. Ssd was windows. I encrypt hdd d partition (no system partition). Now i start pc and i have "missing operation system" -.-
How much safe our data in vearcrypt file? Is there any chances for corrupt our data if we open after long time?, Was this file support in future version software?
Please reply me
1. Still the best in 2021?
2. If open-source and no longer supported... doesn't that mean will become vulnerable somehow?
3. Why no more than 1-wipe for SSDs?
Thanks!
What is I, for any reason, have to reinstall windows? What will happen to the encrypted files/folders?
tyvm
What if I want to encrypt a folder and then upload it to a Cloud Storage Solution? How would I do that?
Thanks for tutorial I have a question. Is it possible to change size of encrypted folder after time? Or I just have to create new, larger one and move everything in and delete old, empty one?
Hey there & thanks for your question! Unfortunately, due to time constraints we are unable to answer technical questions in the comments. We have a forum (recommended) & a Discord server for you to get help from our communities. Otherwise there are many great privacy-focused public Matrix communities!
Forum: discuss.techlore.tech/
Discord: discord.techlore.tech/
- S
Can i full encrypt both my disks on fedora now?
i have a total of 5 hard drives. do i need to enter the password for each of them after boot when i encrypt them all?
Great videos thanks for your insight. At the end of this video you said dont forget your discord server? Can you explain this to me?
Encrypt whole drive is grayed out, any suggestions?
Full disk encryption is supported by the Linux version, but not the system disk.
Can you do a video on how to back up your recovery disk to usb and how to uses that recovery disk, i been trying to do it and cant seem to get it to work using veracrypt
yeah my question exactly!
Thank you for this very usefull information!
I have downloaded veracrypt and it is a very good working program.
I see you have a lot of other interesting content on your channel so I subscribe
One thing: when you clicked "Select File" you never explicitly selected a file, at leastthat I could detect. Is that because VeraCrypt will create (what we're calling) a file (i.e. the container) in that location? This was unclear. But if so, it seemed to defeat the purpose of navigating to "select a file", so that whole process is as confusing AF. Plus that VeraCrypt warning that I read. "If you select an existing file, VeraCrypt will not encrypt it" only compounded the confusing nature of the instruction. But I think I get it now. Can you please confirm that in the Select File dialog box, we are merely navigating to the place where we will create the container but we don't select any file?
Got any help with it or not?
Please help bro.I think my windows 10 secure boot is on and thats why I am unable to install it.I tried your method and it failed due to that reason. Now every time I am booting up my windows Its always showing the screen with veracrypt. Its annoying.Even its showing in boot options. Please say how to remove it.
Does veracrypt is compatible with Android?
I want to encrypt my SanDisk pendrive.
Initially I encrypted it with bitlocker but then I can only use it in windows. My SanDisk pendrive has USB type C port too, so I want to use it in Android and MacOS also. Veracrypt is compatible with MacOS but is it compatible with Android??
So I have a question.. Could you perhaps encrypt a folder like you did and ut it on a cloud shared drive?
For example: lets say you have around 30 workers and you want only 5 to have access to this folder but they all have access to the cloud shared drive.
Is it possible to open the encrypted files from the devices not using veracrypt?
look more into using cryptomator
Went though a full system encryption but got caught in a restart loop instead of it asking for a password anyone have a fix?
Is it possible to vary the size of the encryption volume after its creation?
Strong answer...likely no.
Long answer... sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/c011ff54/
It seems very similar to TrueCrypt. Or is just a coincidence ?
Thank you for your helpful video. Quick question: I want to select ""Encrypt the whole drive" , but this section is greyed out. I've done some research and seen that other people have this problem; however, I'm unable to find any solutions. I'd be very grateful if you could offer some advice. Much thanks.
Are you on windows
@@hazyproduct1692 Yes
I know this was 4 years ago but on the slight chance you see this, I've run into the same issue and still no solutions, did you end up finding one?