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Not sure is this is the best place to post this question, but wondering what is the best way to encrypt a usb drive?

Want to be able to carry an encrypted flash drive with me but also be able to unlock it, if possible, on various OSes. Preferably with some kind of portable software. Something similar to the method that comes with the Kingston Data Traveler USB drives.

Edit: Seems like Veracrypt and Cryptomator are the best options to check out. Thank everyone!

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[–] Novi 50 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Veracrypt. Make a file on your disk.

Don't want a storage file?

Make 2 partitions, put veracrypt portable exe on the first normal storage partition. (fat32 is likely ideal here) Second partition formatted with veracrypt.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

This, except consider exFAT. It's more modern than FAT32 but also widely compatible.

https://www.howtogeek.com/235596/whats-the-difference-between-fat32-exfat-and-ntfs/

[–] Novi 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would not just default to exfat because it is "newer," it does have compatibility issues on non-windows systems. The implementations differ wildly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Back when I used Windows, it worked fine for me out of the box between Win7 and both Ubuntu-based and Arch-based Linux distros 🤷

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