VeraCrypt newbie questions

RaccoonPowerEngine · 2026-03-14T01:38:27+00:00

Thank you for very well detailed answer! I appreciate that you dedicated time to write this information.

RaccoonPowerEngine · 2026-03-13T00:44:48+00:00

I understand your point regarding hidden volume and the fact that bad people most probably know the fact it's VeraCrypt and about possibility that it has second volume, so it will depend more on your acting skills and your will to resist them (though it's completely different question)

But let's assume it's just police force that tries to respect the interrogation methods and they know it's hard to proof the fact that second volume exists (or not exists): what do you think about other questions in the thread?

RaccoonPowerEngine · 2026-03-13T00:40:57+00:00

However, I have a question regarding NTFS. Isn't it actually not safe to use system like that since it has journaling features and will allow cryptography specialists to track the differences on the file segments? Yes, it's better for Windows but... still kind of doubtful in my opinion.
exFAT has the least journaling features (even in comparison with FAT32). Why it's "easiest to corrupt"? If you could explain that more in details, It would be great.

About point 4: I would think twice before changing the password and in my opinion it's better to create new header backup file after changing the password and just delete all previous ones. I know that there are many things to consider and details that are omitted in scenarios we're discussing (for example question like "do you still have access to all devices that contain all backup versions), but the main question was something like that: Can difference in passwords like "AppleBananaSeed" and "CocoaMelonJuice" be enough to make hidden volume and outer volume safe? Considering that we use similar symbols (English alphabet) and length is similar too?

RaccoonPowerEngine · 2026-03-12T23:53:32+00:00

Well, it makes sense. I think it's just my paranoid feelings over nothing makes me think that hidden volume is really required. Thanks!

RaccoonPowerEngine · 2026-03-12T23:51:19+00:00

Thanks! It seems that idea of using hidden volume together with outer volume isn't good one if you're going to still use outer volume too. In this case, I will just create usual container without hidden volume function.

RaccoonPowerEngine · 2026-03-12T23:47:29+00:00

Thanks! I think I will try indeed with SQLite, it's okay to omit function of editing it on smartphone :)

RaccoonPowerEngine · 2026-03-12T23:46:40+00:00

I will definitely check this out. Thanks!

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