Powerful encryption tool for EXTREMLY sensitive data

General Discussion
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Hello!

Can anyone advice really good encryption tool for Linux Mint? I need to store on device (not cloud, nor flash!) memory some extremely sensitive data (I don’t wanna say with one, but it is sensitive to me, even if others doesn’t consider them sensitive, but I have my reasons). No it is not something illegal. Just some stuff I really need to hide due to political reasons (I am traveling).

So… I heard about cryptomator but it is no-go for me. It is too bloated by useless (in my situation) features, extremely noticeable and I have personal reasons not to trust it, wich I don’t wanna disclose.

The thing is… Can anyone advice me really good encryption tool. For example to create encrypted container directly on Linux?

I am searching for tool that follows this criteria:

  • no proprietary or paid crap
  • completely open source, better if audited
  • works only in Linux (I don’t need other OS)
  • secure (like really secure)

I will be really happy if you will help me! Powerful encryption tool for EXTREMLY sensitive data

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Ok, so it really depends on what it is you’re trying to accomplish. You mention wanting an encrypted container, this is something I do on my Laptop. Rather than mess around trying to encrypt sensitive bits of my Laptop, I encrypt the whole file system, then run containerization on top … so everything is transparently encrypted.

To do this I’m using ZFS. I create a partition on my device, then create a zpool on that partition, then create an encrypted ZFS volume on the zpool.

When you try to mount the device (or zfs import it), it will prompt for a password before going any further. Once it has a working password, you are essentially then working with a ZFS volume, which can be treated like a standard Linux filesystem.

Check out the spec on ZFS and encrypted volume, then check out the pedigree on ZFS, it’s pretty secure.