Truecrypt has been a trusted name in on-the-fly encryption for ages (v5 arrived in February). What’s new in version 6? Plenty.

One of the biggest advances is support for multiple processors, which provides a boost in the encryption/decryption speed equal to the number of processors/cores in use. Other tweaks have increased the overall speed by as much as 20% in some operations - on top of the parallel processing gains.

And - holy crap - how about being able to run a fully encrypted, hidden

OS? Yeah, version 6 can do that, too. There’s even a handy guide on Truecrypt’s website. It’ll plus hide volumes, and on Vista and Windows 2008 you can even hide a system volume (not on XP, though).

They’ve really done it right that day. whether you don’t have Truecrypt, get it. We’ve all got some input on our PC that deserves a little additional privacy and protection. Mac and Linux versions are plus available, so everyone’s invited to the Truecrypt party.

Original post by Lee Mathews