I've got a 1tb Sandisk SSD and a 2tb WD HDD, along with possibly a 128gb Sandisk USB and same size/make SD, that I'd like to encrypt and password protect. That forms the majority of my data backup system.
My research into securing drives like this indicates that Veracrypt is just about the best possible option. From what I've seen, I would tend to agree with that.
I have a Macbook Pro as my computer that I'd be using to encrypt everything, pretty sure that'll work well. I just have some questions before I get started:
- Is Veracrypt still the best option for encryption and password protection of a portable drive?
- Has Veracrypt been compromised by any of the three-letter agencies? I ain't doing anything illegal, but I'm just curious.
- When I downloaded the VC installer, the download page also mentioned something called Macfuse - linked there that I've downloaded as well - that's needed to use Veracrypt. What's this doing, exactly?
- Is VC particularly difficult to use for someone not very technically minded?
I'm open to any and all advice.