Comments on: Quickpost: TrueCrypt’s Boot Loader Screen Options

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:48:31 +0000

@13 or just install windows over your encrypted drive

By: Guy who doesn't like the idea of being hacked

Guy who doesn't like the idea of being hacked — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:12:22 +0000

@9, definitely agree. I’m not worried about feds or any “spies”, my information isn’t valuable enough to take the time and resources to break the encryption. All I’m worried about is thwarting the common thief or any technical savvy person who knows the simple linux boot disk trick for resetting a windows login password. I want them to see it’s not worth their time when they steal it and just leave it sitting for some “good” person with a conscience to pick it up and be able to return it to me. Even if someone with enough expertise to know that they can just replace the drive to have a perfectly good laptop gets a hold of it, then I will at least know my data has been safe.

By: Tony Karakashian

Tony Karakashian — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:55:27 +0000

@11, I can answer that: I’m concerned about the data on my laptop falling into the wrong hands should I lose it, or it be stolen. I am not carrying state secrets on there. If I lose it, though, it would be nice to have the thing returned to me. Putting my contact info in the bootloader lets a finder know how to get it back to me without giving them access to my sensitive files.

By: NoTownKasper

NoTownKasper — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:53:55 +0000

@9 I hope you’re trying to make a joke and I just don’t get it…otherwise, why the hell would you want that sort of information readily available on the boot screen of a system you are obviously concerned about the security of?

Or if you’re so unconcerned about your system security…why are you using TrueCrypt?

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Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:55:31 +0000

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By: Wobble

Wobble — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:24:28 +0000

Why is this message so short?
How can I even put owner details on my laptop to provide Lost and Found information?

I would like to put something like this:

“If this laptop is found, please contact the owner :
Email: owner@email.com
Phone: 555-555-5555″

By: David

David — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:55:10 +0000

I’d like for the next version of TrueCrypt have the option of automatically loading the decoy system if the hidden system password is not entered within 5 seconds.

In my case, I can actually get a hidden operating system working and have the decoy system unencrypted (no need to type a password) which is what I want to happen. Unfortunately, the boot loader of TrueCrypt still waits for a password, and I just put the text “Press ESC to continue.”

I want it so that I don’t need to press ESC, just let it wait for a few seconds.

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By: Bram

Bram — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:17:52 +0000

Kan je, indien je tijd & zin hebt, #Becrypt ook is op de rooster leggen ?