https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=DarkAtomHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:14:55 +0000A password can definitely give you plausible deniability. Look at VeraCrypt, for example. In a sense it's less secure because it can be seen being typed by others or by cameras and is vulnerable to hardware (and sometimes even software) keyloggers. On the other hand, a USB drive can be stolen and can also make you vulnerable to extortion. It's harder to make someone give up information in their brain then to give up a USB drive.

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