Tag Archives: Encryption

A Portable Encrypted Blob Filesystem for Pi

Posted on 10 September 2015 by E.M.Smith

Making and Mounting an encrypted blob of junk as a file system on the Raspberry Pi. Continue reading →

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Senate Intel Cmte – Attacking Encryption Again

Posted on 12 July 2015 by E.M.Smith

The Senate Intel Committee wants to emulate Britain and France (like that works well..) and impose “not too strong an encryption, and share the keys, please” laws here, too. They have forgotten their history and sorely misjudge the possibilities. Continue reading →

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VeraCrypt – A TrueCrypt replacement / follow-on

Posted on 25 June 2015 by E.M.Smith

What looks like a decent replacement for TrueCrypt – VeraCrypt. Based on the TrueCrypt source code, but with added security enhancements. Continue reading →

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NSA Watching

Posted on 7 May 2015 by E.M.Smith

A bit of news related to the NSA. Some a bit funny, some not so much. A bit of hope, in a sea of OMG. Continue reading →

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