Description
When creating an encrypted drive it is very easy to tell whether there is or isn't a hidden volume.
Current behavior
When mounting an encrypted drive without a hidden volume, VeraCrypt 'type' will show type 'normal'.
When mounting the outer volume of an encrypted drive, which does have a hidden volume, the type will show 'Outer'.
If a malicious actor is aware of this, they can easily tell if you are lying or not, defeating plausible deniability.
Now, I'm not an expert on this by any means, but it stands to reason forensics COULD possibly also somehow detect this, perhaps.
Desired behavior
There should be no way of telling a hidden partition exists. Understandably this would also then not be detectible by the owner/user of the drive.
Screenshots/Mockup/Designs
Your Environment
Windows 10 x64
VeraCrypt version:
1.26.7 (64-bit)
Released by IDIX on October 1, 2023
Description
When creating an encrypted drive it is very easy to tell whether there is or isn't a hidden volume.
Current behavior
When mounting an encrypted drive without a hidden volume, VeraCrypt 'type' will show type 'normal'.
When mounting the outer volume of an encrypted drive, which does have a hidden volume, the type will show 'Outer'.
If a malicious actor is aware of this, they can easily tell if you are lying or not, defeating plausible deniability.
Now, I'm not an expert on this by any means, but it stands to reason forensics COULD possibly also somehow detect this, perhaps.
Desired behavior
There should be no way of telling a hidden partition exists. Understandably this would also then not be detectible by the owner/user of the drive.
Screenshots/Mockup/Designs
Your Environment
Windows 10 x64
VeraCrypt version:
1.26.7 (64-bit)
Released by IDIX on October 1, 2023