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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.

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

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.)

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