VeraCrypt Encrypted USB Drive

[DrMxy]

5 years on, the software hasn't changed so this video is still relevant, cheers.

[dr.nunzio_improta]

VeraCrypt's most understandable explanation on the web !!! Thank you sir.

[imjaymalpani]

It's truly astounding how easy the internet makes learning these days. Thanks for the tutorial, my guy.

[seireiart]

I'm using Windows 10 Home, and because of that, I can't use the Bitlocker function.
Luckily, this software exists, and it's free, open-source, and works on multiple platforms, what more can I ask for?

Thank you so much sir for the clear and detailed explanation, really helped me a lot.

[MrMoonpie]

Chris
Thank you for another important video. With the great number of USB drives around, it is great to see how we can encrypt the data. A big thing over here in the US would be medical record keeping. I would like to carry my medical records at all time but I worry about the security issues. Your video is the perfect solution.
Thank you, sir!
Rich

[watsoft]

Another brilliant and useful video found just when I needed it. I thought VeraCrypt might have been the answer to my encryption requirements, but it's not what I'm after. Much easier to watch a video that I knew would explain everything I needed to know on the subject. Every bit as informative as your videos 5 years later Christopher!

[patrickbut-not-a-saint]

Thanks for the clear explanation.
I am sure the VeraCrypt USB will be very secure but though you are doing a really good job in explaining this - bravo! - it's already getting complicated after just a few minutes, and you are using your insights to help you to get it to set up and work.
I really do appreciate it is free and that's great. Well done and 'thank you' to all who helped to make that possible.
However that should not mean you need to be expert (or at least very experienced with tech) to set it up. Compare the interface here to off-the-shelf, commercially-available encryption. That should be the benchmark. For example you are making educated guesses/choices on options in the vid and that's poor from the programmers. By all means have those choices, but as OPTIONS. The basic setup should be simple, and straightforward. My guess is most people just want an easy-to-implement but very secure container to drag their files into.
Click to open, type password, do your thing, close/dismount, eject the USB stick.
Quite lot of wanabee users will be lost by the wayside even with you to guide them.
They'll get error popups, not know how to correct them...
So what other options are there?
For text only go with Lock Note fellow non-techies!
Tiny, portable, ideal for passwords or repoerts and so on plus it's AES 256.
If you can use Notepad or Word you can set up Lock Note.
For containers, where you might want to protect more complicated files? Look at LaCie.
I have a 128GB Sandisk Ultra Fit which came with a very user friendly AES 128 vault built in (from 'Encrypt Stick', I think), but there are some questions as to how secure that format will be in the future so I decided to try open source AES 256.
It seems to come down to Veracrypt and LaCie.
For, me it's LaCie.
LaCie is portable, sets sets up quickly and unlike VeraCrypt appears *much* more user friendly. You don't need a lot of technical knowledge to get it to work well: basically download it, selected a volume, set it up on your memory stick, and click to open it.
Drag your files in, then dismount, and hey presto: you are ready to eject the drive.
Any reasons why it isn't a better option, these points considered? Many thanks!

[computadora]

If i'm right this was uploaded in valentine day. So thank you for this tutorial and due it's was uploaded in valentine day your my special person! <3

[cyberpet]

Now you can securely save photos of your *cat* on that usb drive ;)

[isaacteo]

Best tutorial Ive found on using verycrypt! Also, thanks for including the part about the disk formats (FAT32). It would have helped those who did not know about it :)

[PJ_UK]

I've just found your channel and this was my first watch. It's great to find a well presented and edited video. subscribed.

[zzzzx]

Process took a while, but the video is still accurate! Thank you!!

[WayneJohnsonZastil]

Tip: When you do fast forward in a video. Please put box saying speeding up 10 mins...

[collie]

you should have sent donation to Veracrypt. It’s still maintained by enthusiasts and it’s very good.

[burakbabahh]

U made it simple man ur subscribers are well deserved

[mildredhogue]

It’s so hard to find security companies that offer encryption but I was able to find one - Armorax. These guys offer panels that are hybrid (cellular + wifi) and encrypted and their monitoring is not what I thought it would be with encryption, it’s actually pretty cheap!

[markblake]

Cheers for this video, I encrypted my portable HDD, and it works perfectly .

[YuGiOhJCJ]

I am using GnuPG that seems to do the same thing than VeraCrypt. This is very useful to store safely my 504 passwords in an encrypted file that is itself protected with a password.

[azivt]

long live free and open source software community veracrypt is awesome software

[matthewmorciglio]

+ExplainingComputers sometime in the future, you should make a video about the PC's you own.