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Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive Phantom Drive appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 3 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Vault is visible and therefore obvious. If you need to be discreet, this sounds useful.

[–] yestalgia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] BitUnWise@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

That hides another volume inside another VeraCrypt volume, so it's obvious it's not a normal drive

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ah yes, certainly easier and more convenient to boot into a live OS or hidden OS every time you need to mount a hidden volume (per VeraCrypt's recommended guideline), instead of just using the hardware from OPs post.

[–] joe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Those recommendations are for protecting data you want to stay a secret; it would also apply to unlocking this fancy USB drive, as a best practice.

The USB still has advantage in that no one will compel you to unencrypt a drive that they don't realize is encrypted, which can be a pretty significant advantage depending on who you're hiding the information from, or why.