What if my kid has developed a flash drive and has it locked down with geek.menu and a trucrypt volume. And say I need to inspect it's contents but cant get him to give up the password. Short of running it under a magnet, tossing it in a fire or otherwise destroying it, there may be something inappropriate I need to know about. Any chance I can get in to see?
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If TrueCrypt is involved, then your only plausible approach would be a BFH (Brute Force Hack). There are a number of tools out there which could facilitate this, but depending on the age and experience of the kid (and yours), the password may be easy to just guess…
Alternatively, try establishing an honest dialogue with your kid. Takes time, but there's no time like the present to start! =)
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Truecrypt is pretty cryptographically sound, and there's nothing in geek.menu that's going to circumvent that. You're probably going to need to look for a non-technical solution to your problems.
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Thanks guys, I have exactly what I need which is exactly what I expected. I asked this for a friend.
Some time back I wrote a small article on portable apps and the great menus. A friend of mine liked geek.menu and asked me to help him set up a stick and security was important to him. I explained truecrypt, password generator etc… Anyway his 17 year old ended up creating himself a secret stick and I was suddenly under fire! I needed some backup so naturally I came here but found no discussions. Had to ask! IMO the non-technical solution is the only way.
Thanks again!
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What if my kid has developed a flash drive and has it locked down with geek.menu and a trucrypt volume. And say I need to inspect it's contents but cant get him to give up the password. Short of running it under a magnet, tossing it in a fire or otherwise destroying it, there may be something inappropriate I need to know about. Any chance I can get in to see?
If TrueCrypt is involved, then your only plausible approach would be a BFH (Brute Force Hack). There are a number of tools out there which could facilitate this, but depending on the age and experience of the kid (and yours), the password may be easy to just guess…
Alternatively, try establishing an honest dialogue with your kid. Takes time, but there's no time like the present to start! =)
Truecrypt is pretty cryptographically sound, and there's nothing in geek.menu that's going to circumvent that. You're probably going to need to look for a non-technical solution to your problems.
Thanks guys, I have exactly what I need which is exactly what I expected. I asked this for a friend.
Some time back I wrote a small article on portable apps and the great menus. A friend of mine liked geek.menu and asked me to help him set up a stick and security was important to him. I explained truecrypt, password generator etc… Anyway his 17 year old ended up creating himself a secret stick and I was suddenly under fire! I needed some backup so naturally I came here but found no discussions. Had to ask! IMO the non-technical solution is the only way.
Thanks again!