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TrueCrypt – Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows XP\/2000 and Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

I think this is GREAT software. The ability to make encrypted disks anywhere on your computer (or USB memory device) is a boon to security nuts like me. And the encryption that’s available from this software is very, very good. (As an added bonus, it’s open source – so you can be sure the government hasn’t put any secret back doors in there!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think this is GREAT software. The ability to make encrypted disks anywhere on your computer (or USB memory device) is a boon to security nuts like me. And the encryption that’s available from this software is very, very good. (As an added bonus, it’s open source – so you can be sure the government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[67,26,97],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-privacy","tag-security","tag-software","entry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-dE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1231,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/07\/25\/news-from-the-not-to-distant-future\/","url_meta":{"origin":846,"position":0},"title":"News from the Not-To-Distant Future","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From a Slashdot comment on the story \"Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry\": BBC News April 2nd 2010 ISPs have detected a massive spike in encrypted activity on the internet. 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