Secure Your Files with Encrypted Containers!

Our devices contain a treasure trove of private information. We have sensitive work documents, cherished family photos, archives of private communications. You can keep these digital files safe by using encrypted containers, which are secure digital vaults that will help keep your data private. In this video, we explain how use the free, open source encryption program VeraCrypt.

00:00 Our Digital Files Are Precious
03:29 VeraCrypt
04:43 Mounting and Directories Explained
06:11 Tutorial
13:27 Benefits of VeraCrypt

Our personal data is the currency of the modern surveillance world. Locking away our personal files behind an encrypted barrier is not just a luxury - it’s a necessity.

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Recommended Books:

Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - Naomi Brockwell

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden

What has the government done to our money - Rothbard

Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read)

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald

Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)

Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)

Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)

USB-C to ethernet adapter:

Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)

Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)

Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)

[tsbrownie]

A very serious issue with encryption is when data is corrupted (by an app, OS, hardware issue, encryption software, or combination of these), it's almost 100% guaranteed unrecoverable. Anecdotal evidence says that data loss from corruption is higher probability than loss from theft. A lower tech/easier option for protecting data is to use an external (USB) drive for critical data and when done, store that drive in a safe. Yes, if you have a virus on your machine, it can grab unencrypted data when the drive is connected, BUT encrypted data can be grabbed when its decrypted when an app opens the file. It can also be grabbed and decrypted later (as she implied). The big IT systems I have worked with use a "firewall" around the system, but for total data security trust only offline/offsite storage.

[cameronmoore]

I literally get excited when NBTV posts videos 😂

[Mark_E_Essiembre]

As a decade long victim of cyber crime, it's really hard to keep up with all the safety tips.
However, I appreciate the work that you do.

[novousabbott]

I was paying attention to your picture frames, those are so cool!

[MarcoIino]

Tip: You can speed up the unlocking of containers by selecting "HMAC-SHA-512" for PKCS PRF instead of autodetect (unless you changed this value when creating the container). You can also set this as the default: settings > Preferences > More settings > Default Mount Parameters

[jtlunsford]

4/2/25 Just setup my first container. Thought I'd done it wrong, but I'd just forgot to Dismount. Easy peasy for an old noob. Thanks for sharing. Time to Subscribe and donate....JT

[waltertx.]

I needed to know this information Naomi thank you so much ❤

[-COBRA]

big thumbs up for you and your graphics/ animations guy.

[jimcabezola]

I need to do this right away! I have Linux and Mac machines, and I need to study this in detail. Mahalo, Naomi!

[Steven_nevetS]

You learn something new everytime Naomi does a video! Thanks very much.

[NomadKev]

Love your content keep up the great work

[DarrenAu]

I learnt years ago to only keep OS on the internal hard drive along with software. Keeping data elsewhere.

[atariplayer]

Thank you Naomi, your information videos are amazingly detailed!

[_of_]

Love your show!

I have been using this Vera crypt for years and it is a MUST specially if you are uploading to the cloud AKA SOMEONE'S ELSE COMPUTER.

[chibiichen]

I’d also like to mention tools like Cryptomator, Tomb, GPG, And other tools. Rclone with its crypt option is also nice cuz you can use it to backup your stuff to the cloud. :)

[imca_b_]

Thank you so much Ma'am i need more informative video like this ❤

[davocc]

VC evolved from the TrueCrypt project which suddenly and abruptly shut down. Rumours still swirl around this, one I heard was that the company was put under too much pressure by US three letter agencies as the product was too effective and giving them... problems.
I remember my boss had a friend working in law enforcement about 15 years ago and he was saying they couldn't break into TrueCrypt volumes at the time (this was State level law enforcement in Australia, not sure if the Feds had more technical clout on hand). They had need to do this as seized computer gear used by organised crime was using it to protect data files and folders.

[Arcano_Costa...Mauricio]

In love with this woman, very intelligent ❤

[mikebayliss]

Hi Naomi this is a nice introduction to securing data. I also watched "Encryption also in the cloud Veracrypt vs. Cryptomator" by Peter Marbaise. So for people like me that are leaving Bitlocker behind, I would use Cryptomator vaults for cloud accounts. And use Veracrypt vaults for local drives and obsidian folders. Did you mention that Veracrypt requires that you need admin rights to enable changes?

[aussiegruber]

Vercrypt with a hidden container is fantastic.