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Posted: 10/17/2017 1:00:59 AM EDT
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Well, are you talking about encrypting the hard drive(s) of your computer, or encrypting email or using secure messaging?
Lots of answers depending on what you're trying to do. |
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Posted: 10/17/2017 1:27:31 AM EDT
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Well, are you talking about encrypting the hard drive(s) of your computer, or encrypting email or using secure messaging? Lots of answers depending on what you're trying to do. When I used to use PGP, it did everything under the suite of PGP Enterprise... GNU PGP seems to just do plain text and files though |
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Posted: 10/17/2017 1:53:27 AM EDT
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emails (Protonmail, but both people have to be using it. It's much easier than PGP), secure messaging (WhatsApp, iMessage or Signal Private Messenger. Signal is the one you want. Again, both users have to be using it, but it's very handy, has self-destructing messages, a desktop app, etc.) and hard drives (Microsoft Bitlocker or Veracrypt for whole disk encryption. A fork off Truecrypt, which is no longer supported and is not recommended any more). When I used to use PGP, it did everything under the suite of PGP Enterprise... GNU PGP seems to just do plain text and files though |
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Posted: 10/17/2017 2:40:49 AM EDT
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Thank you for the information, I appreciate it.
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Posted: 10/17/2017 2:56:35 AM EDT
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The commercial PGP suite still exists... Symantec bought it...
Encrypted email for enterprise, OpenGPG/PGP and S/MIME are the tried and true answers for public private key communication. Hardly anyone uses them unless somehow required to. Within a Microsoft Exchange Enterprise you also have IRM/RMS (Aka Rights Management) I guess. |
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Posted: 10/17/2017 1:09:23 PM EDT
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As it goes with encryption, both sides have to use the same tool.
Disk: Probably Veracrypt (I think it's open source, and was the TrueCrypt replacement, which wasn't open source) Instant messaging: if a mobile phone, Signal (it does have a desktop app for Chrome, but mainly phone based is the expectation and one is required) Email: Like mentioned earlier, PGP just is a hassle with all the programs out there and plugins. really a nightmare unless you control IT for a place and want everyone to use it. Protonmail is probably much easier, but more for a personal setup, not commercial) |
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Posted: 10/17/2017 9:32:22 PM EDT
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+1 for Signal for secure messaging and phone calls.
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Posted: 10/18/2017 2:56:13 AM EDT
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As it goes with encryption, both sides have to use the same tool. Disk: Probably Veracrypt (I think it's open source, and was the TrueCrypt replacement, which wasn't open source) Instant messaging: if a mobile phone, Signal (it does have a desktop app for Chrome, but mainly phone based is the expectation and one is required) Email: Like mentioned earlier, PGP just is a hassle with all the programs out there and plugins. really a nightmare unless you control IT for a place and want everyone to use it. Protonmail is probably much easier, but more for a personal setup, not commercial) I'm not an expert programmer but good enough to get myself into trouble. I'm a bit skeptical of a lot of "secure communications". |
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Posted: 10/18/2017 4:51:07 AM EDT
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TrueCrypt was open source, however the checksums from a compiled version and a binary are different. When asked, the "anonymous developers" didn't have a response. A few developers speculated TrueCrypt was an NSA front with backdoors. This has never been verified but is plausible. I'm not an expert programmer but good enough to get myself into trouble. I'm a bit skeptical of a lot of "secure communications". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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As it goes with encryption, both sides have to use the same tool. Disk: Probably Veracrypt (I think it's open source, and was the TrueCrypt replacement, which wasn't open source) Instant messaging: if a mobile phone, Signal (it does have a desktop app for Chrome, but mainly phone based is the expectation and one is required) Email: Like mentioned earlier, PGP just is a hassle with all the programs out there and plugins. really a nightmare unless you control IT for a place and want everyone to use it. Protonmail is probably much easier, but more for a personal setup, not commercial) I'm not an expert programmer but good enough to get myself into trouble. I'm a bit skeptical of a lot of "secure communications". Truecrypt binaries have been built from source and verified. See the link below, which also does a great job of explaining why it's very difficult to do this. https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/ |
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Posted: 10/18/2017 6:50:28 AM EDT
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None of that is really accurate, aside from the fact people speculate a lot of things that aren't really plausible. Truecrypt binaries have been built from source and verified. See the link below, which also does a great job of explaining why it's very difficult to do this. https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/ Quote HistoryQuoted:
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As it goes with encryption, both sides have to use the same tool. Disk: Probably Veracrypt (I think it's open source, and was the TrueCrypt replacement, which wasn't open source) Instant messaging: if a mobile phone, Signal (it does have a desktop app for Chrome, but mainly phone based is the expectation and one is required) Email: Like mentioned earlier, PGP just is a hassle with all the programs out there and plugins. really a nightmare unless you control IT for a place and want everyone to use it. Protonmail is probably much easier, but more for a personal setup, not commercial) I'm not an expert programmer but good enough to get myself into trouble. I'm a bit skeptical of a lot of "secure communications". Truecrypt binaries have been built from source and verified. See the link below, which also does a great job of explaining why it's very difficult to do this. https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/ However I have always had a slight distrust of TrueCrypt because the developers remained anonymous and I was not aware it was discontinued.....why? |
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Posted: 10/18/2017 11:23:55 AM EDT
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After reading the link provided, I stand corrected. Thank you. However I have always had a slight distrust of TrueCrypt because the developers remained anonymous and I was not aware it was discontinued.....why? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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As it goes with encryption, both sides have to use the same tool. Disk: Probably Veracrypt (I think it's open source, and was the TrueCrypt replacement, which wasn't open source) Instant messaging: if a mobile phone, Signal (it does have a desktop app for Chrome, but mainly phone based is the expectation and one is required) Email: Like mentioned earlier, PGP just is a hassle with all the programs out there and plugins. really a nightmare unless you control IT for a place and want everyone to use it. Protonmail is probably much easier, but more for a personal setup, not commercial) I'm not an expert programmer but good enough to get myself into trouble. I'm a bit skeptical of a lot of "secure communications". Truecrypt binaries have been built from source and verified. See the link below, which also does a great job of explaining why it's very difficult to do this. https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/ However I have always had a slight distrust of TrueCrypt because the developers remained anonymous and I was not aware it was discontinued.....why? |
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Posted: 10/27/2017 10:48:08 PM EDT
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+1 for Signal for secure messaging and phone calls. 
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Posted: 10/28/2017 12:52:32 AM EDT
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EDIT: It's best to use the plain editor here.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 PGP is complicated but powerful. You can use it to encrypt, sign, or sign and encrypt. And you can do binary data, too. I believe GnuPG supports the PGPv9 specification. And signing has its uses. For example, if a moderator were to alter this post, the signature would no longer check out. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQSalXyT1BS6Z5MHIA6JYhlTjH5oSQUCWfQM5gAKCRCJYhlTjH5o SWjUAQChVJmLzF/XkaC3BOvodtPn6TDeYsZhOh1xf3vnEtUHSAD/Xgqohgn3l3/1 JnbqtBVsVRLjKhCyPZzygx4RIyQVLws= =Nv6p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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