Comments on How to Encrypt USB Drive on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

My only concern is that such encryption is only useable under Linux. a Windows user, or someone with multiple OSes will have problems getting access to those encrypted files, if not using Linux. Do you have some solution to such problem ? 

Hello fellows, 

a) your mobile photo sucks. 8 years a Linux user and you never heared of time-delayed-screenshots?

Let me help you out:

gnome-screenshot -p -w -d 5

-d 5  => 5 SECONDS... adjustable timeframe ;)b) @JFM

1) there is a windows version of a luks-mounter, but it is not a wise idee to use old betaware. from the principle side, luks is OSS and you can use and build it on Windows too. be creative ;)

2) working solution : VeraCrypt

You can use VeraCrypt to make a disk-encryption that it compatible with linux, windows and mac, if you format the resulting partition with NTFS.

BUT, of course, if you carry your VeraCrypt-Drive to a stock windows without VeraCrypt installed, you can't decode it.

Admin hint: Make a small not-encrypted partition on the usb-drive to store your encryption software. That way, if a computer does not have VC installed, you can install it when needed ;) Don't forget to update it from time to time.

Thanks this helped a lot