HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
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Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#2See also: https://github.com/IncognitoIceman/HiddenVM
Unfortunately, it looks like this version is no longer maintained.
"HiddenVM is a futuristic tool powered by KVM designed to combine the powerful amnesic nature of Tails and the impenetrable design of Whonix with the unbreakable strength of Veracrypt."
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#3See also: https://github.com/IncognitoIceman/HiddenVM Unfortunately, it looks like this version is no longer maintained. "HiddenVM is a futuristic tool powered by KVM designed to combine the powerful amnesic nature of Tails and the impenetrable design of Whonix with the unbreakable strength of Veracrypt."
Can you elaborate on why to see it, also, since they look like forks of the same project?
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#4Nice one. I’ve been using Veracrypt for many years now, after the whole Truecrypt fiasco.
Just one friendly advice… always have a decoy partition or decoy OS, otherwise it seems very suspicious to have a disk filled with random data ;-)
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#5Nice one. I’ve been using Veracrypt for many years now, after the whole Truecrypt fiasco. Just one friendly advice… always have a decoy partition or decoy OS, otherwise it seems very suspicious to have a disk filled with random data ;-)
> otherwise it seems very suspicious to have a disk filled with random data ;-)
You could always argue that the drive was previously "securely erased" and filled w/ random data and/or that it was "securely encrypted" with a key that was then destroyed?
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#6Nice one. I’ve been using Veracrypt for many years now, after the whole Truecrypt fiasco. Just one friendly advice… always have a decoy partition or decoy OS, otherwise it seems very suspicious to have a disk filled with random data ;-)
I am less convinced. If the GMan nabs you, sees you are using a tool which heavily advertises a hidden partition, and coincidentally your drive has a large unused block of random data - they are unlikely to be fooled.
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#7Nice one. I’ve been using Veracrypt for many years now, after the whole Truecrypt fiasco. Just one friendly advice… always have a decoy partition or decoy OS, otherwise it seems very suspicious to have a disk filled with random data ;-)
> otherwise it seems very suspicious to have a disk filled with random data ;-) You could always argue that the drive was previously "securely erased" and filled w/ random data and/or that it was "securely encrypted" with a key that was then destroyed?
They could still try rubber-hose interrogation techniques until you remember the key...
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#8> complicated apt-get update wizardry that achieves our VirtualBox-installing breakthrough.
yikes.
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#9Nice one. I’ve been using Veracrypt for many years now, after the whole Truecrypt fiasco. Just one friendly advice… always have a decoy partition or decoy OS, otherwise it seems very suspicious to have a disk filled with random data ;-)
I am less convinced. If the GMan nabs you, sees you are using a tool which heavily advertises a hidden partition, and coincidentally your drive has a large unused block of random data - they are unlikely to be fooled.
If your security concerns are about governmental intrusions, then you have a security need that no single tool can resolve anyway. You need to address overall behavior and habits, which are likely to include things like not keeping sensitive data on machines that can be easily accessed regardless of the use of encryption or obfuscation.
Re: HiddenVM – Use any desktop OS without leaving a trace
#10A big Show HN thread from four years ago: