Timeline for TrueCrypt alternative for Mac OS X
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Jan 22, 2019 at 13:41 | comment | added | iono | For this use case, I wouldn't trust any closed-source software, let alone closed-source software made by a capitalist for-profit corporation, let alone closed-source software made by a capitalist for-profit corporation based in the United States, let alone closed-source software made by a capitalist for-profit corporation based in the United States that has provably already collaborated with the US government to abuse the privacy of billions of people. | |
Apr 4, 2016 at 18:08 | comment | added | bmike♦ | @Agent_L Your point reinforces the problem with this post. Without being explicit about what "secure" means. Some people feel secure without bicycle helmets - others do not. At least laying out your premise and/or threat model or reasoning leads to answers that are more subjective. Many proprietary software is secure - it depends on what you feel about en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_140-2 and other standards and whether someone feels they personally can audit codebase let alone implementations. I agree that the quality of audits matters greatly for cryptography. | |
Apr 4, 2016 at 17:01 | comment | added | Agent_L | @bmike It's still safer than any closed-source software you can't audit. Labels have no value except the one you put in them. | |
Apr 4, 2016 at 16:58 | comment | added | Jules | It's worth noting that both FileVault and FileVault 2 are proprietary software. While this arguably won't matter to many users, it's important to be able to audit the source code of encryption software to see if the implementation contains vulnerabilities. | |
Apr 4, 2016 at 14:47 | comment | added | calum_b | FileVault2 / CoreStorage is great, but it's not a direct replacement for TrueCrypt in general, as it's not cross-platform. Hard to tell whether that matters to the OP, but it's worth bearing in mind. | |
Apr 4, 2016 at 13:55 | history | edited | bmike♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Apr 4, 2016 at 13:52 | comment | added | bmike♦ | I would call FileVault a big step up in security over TrueCrypt as it doesn't have red banner warnings saying "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure" due to it not being maintained and patched going forward: truecrypt.sourceforge.net | |
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Apr 4, 2016 at 13:07 | comment | added | user60589 | It is actually called CoreStorage. FileVault 2 is only for the System volume. Not sure if you can use it with DiskUtillity(I guess you can create only new encrypted volumes there) but in terminal type : diskutil coreStorage and then you find the options to convert a volume. For the security see: Unlocking FileVault | |
Apr 4, 2016 at 12:54 | history | answered | Mike Scott | CC BY-SA 3.0 |