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sanitation@sanitation@lemmy.today

Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive Phantom Drive appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data

www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/usb-flash-drives/open-source-stealth-usb-hides-an-encrypted-partition-behind-an-8gb-decoy-drive-phantom-drive-appears-as-a-regular-usb-stick-until-you-create-a-text-file-to-unlock-the-hidden-data
The PhantomdriveTom's HardwareOpen-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive — 'Phantom Drive' appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden dataA trick to break the walls of hidden partitions.
yestalgia@yestalgia@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world⁩

veracrypt.io/en/Hidden Volume.html

veracrypt.ioVeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the ParanoidVeraCrypt is free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In case an attacker forces you to reveal the password, VeraCrypt provides plausible deniability. In contrast to file encryption, data encryption performed by VeraCrypt is real-time (on-the-fly), automatic, transparent, needs very little memory, and does not involve temporary unencrypted files.
pulsewidth@pulsewidth@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨yestalgia@lemmy.world⁩

Ah yes, certainly easier and more convenient to boot into a live OS or hidden OS every time you need to mount a hidden volume (per VeraCrypt’s recommended guideline), instead of just using the hardware from OPs post.

veracrypt.ioVeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the ParanoidVeraCrypt is free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In case an attacker forces you to reveal the password, VeraCrypt provides plausible deniability. In contrast to file encryption, data encryption performed by VeraCrypt is real-time (on-the-fly), automatic, transparent, needs very little memory, and does not involve temporary unencrypted files.
joe@joe@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨pulsewidth@lemmy.world⁩

Those recommendations are for protecting data you want to stay a secret; it would also apply to unlocking this fancy USB drive, as a best practice.

The USB still has advantage in that no one will compel you to unencrypt a drive that they don’t realize is encrypted, which can be a pretty significant advantage depending on who you’re hiding the information from, or why.

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