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vcuser posted a comment on discussion Technical Topics
So you're saying it's more safe to not use Hidden OS, but only encrypt the OS you're using, because it's more of a fuss and "you can't know what an attacker may do"? That's in contrast to anything I've read since TrueCrypt was developed. The suggestion was always "of course use Hidden OS". Because Windows activity logging. Well, I'm not in the UK, the U.S., Colombia or Saudi Arabia. In my country you are innocent until proven guilty. They can of course pressure you regardless as if they were acting...
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So Hidden Volume and Hidden Operating System are the same thing? As I've always understood it, it is much more secure than having only a regular encrypted OS, which, if you get into trouble, will have to reveal the password for, whereas with a hidden they would have to prove it exists 100% first. A suspicion or guess is not enough. Isn't that the standard thing you do when you create a system like this? It wouldn't work if it wasn't real data. That can't work as I've understood it, with a hidden...
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I'm amazed that either no one here knows about this, or that no one simply answers this question. Not even the devs care to reply. Maybe one more incentive, before I give up and feel like I'm standing here with my pants down and an insecure solution...? I could consider donating monthly to VC if someone would tend to my query. (Because I don't see much reason to donate if the door doesn't swing both ways.)
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Is there really no one around that can answer this quite big and important question? I'm sure a lot of people would benefit from this information as well. In short: Is it at all possible to create a Hidden Operating System on an SSD and be as safe on a setup like that, compared to doing it on a mechanical disk? What would the precautionary steps be (e.g. disable hibernation and paging/swap file and disable the 100 MB partition Windows likes to make)? In my opinion the FAQ isn't crystal clear on this...
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Hi. I have tried to understand this issue, reading some threads here. Is it so that if you want 100% security and plausible deniability that you are not safe creating a hidden OS on a brand new, never used SSD, no matter what methods you use and precautions you take, during setup, installation and running it? And why isn't it safe? Seeing SSD's are practically the standard choice for system drive use. But if you wish to safely use VC, you are stuck with mechanical drives? I hope for a quick but thorough...
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