Windows 10: BitLocker vs VeraCrypt?

Really? Is that why when you go to the TrueCrypt page there is a giant red text at the top that says, quite explicitly "WARNING: using TrueCrypt is not secure". Do you believe yourself to be smarter than the authors?

By the way, more details from the Wikipedia page (which is inconsistent, about the subject).

VeraCrypt claims to have fixed these vulnerabilities, but obviously if these were the problems the original authors referred to they wouldn't have just abandoned the project as unfixable.

What's more, the only remaining original developer of TrueCrypt that has weighed in on the matter (Matthew Green) has refused to relicense the code under a real open source license (VeraCrypt's legality in this regard is questionable, because it's based on the TrueCrypt source and the license has been found to be questionable as to whether it legally allows modification), and believes that the original code should not be forked because of its inherent problems, and any person who wishes to pursue a new version should "start from scratch" in their words.

 

The OP's concern was if they used bitlocker to encrypt files and then later moved to home (or another OS) they couldn't access these encrypted files and that they would be lost.

This isn't the case - they could access them (so the documents wouldn't be lost) - they just could not encrypt new things.

For a user using Windows Home using bitlocker to encrypt things isn't an option. To encrypt using bitlocker you need Pro or Enterprise. although you can read/write bitlocker volumes from OSX or Linux using this GitHub - Aorimn/dislocker .

There is one slight caveat - some devices use device encryption which is based on bitlocker and this works in all Windows editions (including Home) to encrypt local fixed drives only. It has a whole list of pre-requisites and I don't know anything apart from Surface Pro line that uses it - but then I've not looked.

 

Agreed - people often forget device encryption.

I do have a tablet which came with Windows 8.1 (and was *much* cheaper than a Surface Pro) which supports device encryption, although I had to turn on Secure Boot (one of those pre-requisites) to make it work.

 

I still stand by my statement that it's a warning that TrueCrypt is unsafe to use because it is no longer being developed. And no I don't think I'm smarter than the author. I am smart enough to read and understand the warning. This right from the page "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues". TrueCrypt . Wikipedia! Isn't that the website most people take with a grain of salt unless it says the same thing they are saying?

 

Wikipedia is a fine source as long as the information is sourced, which in this case is.

 

Sourced or not it still doesn't change the fact that the warning about TrueCrypt not being secure is because it was abandoned by the developer and is no longer updated.

 

There is factual data from a scientific study that says otherwise. VeraCrypt themselves have stated that they have fixed these vulnerabilities that were in TrueCrypt.

I simply cannot fathom how you can put your head in the sand and keep saying that it's just conspiracy theories.

 

Were did I say I believed in a conspiracy theory? I just said there was a Tin Foil Hat Theory. I never said I believed in it. The warning is on that page because the program was abandoned by the developer and because of that it could be compromised. No more, no less. don't put words in my mouth that I didn't say. I'm not going to get myself banned because of you so I'm done responding.

 

I did NOT say you believed in conspiracy theories. I said the exact opposite. I said you called them conspiracy theories. That means, by definition, that you don't believe them.

So I suggest you take a dose of your own medicine, and not put words in my mouth either.

 

OK one last time. For starters I don't believe everything on Wikipedia so I did not read your link. All I believe is that the Warning on the TrueCrypt page means exactly what it says. They don't want people to use the program because it is no longer being developed. Please quote me were I called anything a Conspiracy Theory. I did mention that there is a Tin Foil Hat theory of why Truecrypt was abandoned. I read it but don't believe it. I do believe that because TrueCrypt was abandoned it isn't safe to use to encrypt a entire drive or large folder. With small files and folders it probably wouldn't be a problem.