XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 1/25/2026 1:35 AM, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  wrote:   
   > Maria Sophia wrote on 1/24/2026 8:17 PM:   
   >> ...w�񧱤�  wrote:   
   >>>> In summary, I think that Windows Home users do not have the same kind of   
   >>>> control over key storage that Windows Pro users have.   
   >>>   
   >>> At least, you're getting closer to the entire picture(Bitlocker Encryption   
   is fully supported on Enterprise and Edu editions, too)   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for the clarification, where I just opened a separate thread on why,   
   >> in my case of an older machine, and for consistency & greater protection   
   >> even on current Windows 11 Home versus Pro machines, Veracrypt has some   
   >> decisive FDE advantages over anything Microsoft marketing has provided us.   
   >>   
   >> Subject: PSA: Veracrypt has pre boot authentication (& why it's better   
   > You'll have to get the choir to discuss that..it's not a popular tool in the   
   Enterprise/Edu/Gov community where encryption has wider use and preference.    
   Some might even consider it(Veracrypt) old, unreliable and late to the party   
   on updating, no    
   official tech support, and UI design-wise inadequate/cumbersome/dysfunctional.   
   >   
   >   
   > ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ   
      
   I think we'd want a cryptographer of some note, to   
   do the analysis.   
      
   Maybe the people who did the audit, are the only ones   
   who would want to take a public stance.   
      
   Also, one of the problems with tracking Veracrypt, is   
   people make claims about it, and someone who uses it   
   will point out that a particular issue has been fixed.   
      
   The GUI is "inherited" from Truecrypt, rather than   
   being designed from scratch that way.   
      
   It takes 15 seconds for the unlocking password to take,   
   but that's because the PIM was turned up. Turning it down,   
   is at your own discretion (like if you didn't fear some   
   government activity). The high PIM value is to prevent   
   brute forcing with a set of Amazon instances.   
      
      Paul   
      
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