Truecrypt or not to Truecrypt?

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Truecrypt or not to Truecrypt?

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I've been thing about using Truecrypt for a couple of years but I'm always concerned that my important sensitive stuff would get locked up and I couldn't get to it even though I knew the password.

You guys use it?
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Re: Truecrypt or not to Truecrypt?

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I do. No problems here, and if I ever accidentally lock myself out, I have an external backup.
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Re: Truecrypt or not to Truecrypt?

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External backup that's not encrypted?
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Yes.
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Gotcha! Just bought a G-Drive from Costco that I can backup to and then give the Truecrypt a try. I know you can also encrypt a file, a folder or the whole drive.

Time to play.
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Re: Truecrypt or not to Truecrypt?

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Make sure you read the tutorial.
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Re: Truecrypt or not to Truecrypt?

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Just saw the following show that got my thinking about TrueCrypt again.

http://twit.tv/show/know-how/43
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