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You can put pretty much anything into a Truecrypt partition, which is just a file on the external (host) OS. Now keep that file in Dropbox/Drive/Some other cloud storage for backup.

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Except for the whole TrueCrypt-abandonment-and-scary-mysterious-warning debacle.

There's a couple up-and-coming replacements though, which hopefully will be usable soon.

It's a question of whom you want to secure it from. If the answer is "the government" I wouldn't even bother. If it's just from snooping, I find it very hard to believe TrueCrypt is not sufficient.

"The government" is not a single entity. I'd prefer to secure it from "The government", except the very high end of the agency. There is alot of difference between being a target like DPR of Silkroad, and having your electronics confiscated by a local police department (the former likely won't happen without you knowing it, at which point you will have to change your threat model. But there is a non trivial chance over your lifetime that the latter will happen just-because.)

What are the potential replacements for TrueCrypt? Last time the topic showed up on HN, there doesn't seem to be anything that quite fit the bill

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