It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by trollz
In my household there are 3 computers (plus an iPod touch) that connect to the internet over the same network. On my computer, I want for certain activities to be private. I use Truecrypt and sometimes Tor; however, some of the documents I've accessed are showing up under Network/*computer 2 name*/users/*user 2 name*/searches/everywhere, despite being stored solely inside Truecrypt. I checked the same path on "computer 2" and none of these documents showed up, but I am still concerned as I don't know how this all works.
Could anyone shed some light on this? Some of my important Truecrypt documents are visible outside of Truecrypt. One other thing to note: I deleted one of the documents inside this "everywhere" folder, and the corresponding document inside Truecrypt was also deleted. Why is this? How do I keep these "everywhere" documents hidden or prevent them from showing up? I am using Windows 7.
Originally posted by NullVoid
Originally posted by trollz
In my household there are 3 computers (plus an iPod touch) that connect to the internet over the same network. On my computer, I want for certain activities to be private. I use Truecrypt and sometimes Tor; however, some of the documents I've accessed are showing up under Network/*computer 2 name*/users/*user 2 name*/searches/everywhere, despite being stored solely inside Truecrypt. I checked the same path on "computer 2" and none of these documents showed up, but I am still concerned as I don't know how this all works.
Could anyone shed some light on this? Some of my important Truecrypt documents are visible outside of Truecrypt. One other thing to note: I deleted one of the documents inside this "everywhere" folder, and the corresponding document inside Truecrypt was also deleted. Why is this? How do I keep these "everywhere" documents hidden or prevent them from showing up? I am using Windows 7.
Not a solution but a workaround and prevention.
Dont keep it under My Documents, instead, create a new folder under C:\ directly, then modify its properties to limits to your self only, then Truecrypt or whatever you use.
Good - Pretty much not shared
Bad - If you forgot the pass, consider its gone.
Another way better is to use USB stick, which is much much better in terms of privacy and security. If the FBI/CIA/MIB knock on your door you simply can toss the thing out, much better than tossing your computer out.
Originally posted by Maxatoria
when you browse a website you download every part you need to view it such as images/html/css/xml etc files so that the browser can actually display the webpage correctly no i assume you dont want to leave a trace on your computer now a good idea is to made a ramdrive and point the browser to use that as your cache as the moment you lose power to the machine all the details are lost
but without knowing a few more basic details like os/browsers etc its hard to give more robust advice
Originally posted by Praetorius
reply to post by trollz
Regarding the TrueCrypt volume, at least - unless you leave it mounted all the time (in which case contents will show in Windows Explorer), its contents shouldn't show up.
Can you just mount it whenever you need to access those files, and then immediately unmount when done?
That would be rather inconvenient. My main concern is how to prevent them from showing up in Windows Explorer even when I am inside TrueCrypt. Is this possible?
And how do I get rid of the files that have already shown up without also deleting the corresponding files inside Truecrypt?
Originally posted by Praetorius
reply to post by trollz
That would be rather inconvenient. My main concern is how to prevent them from showing up in Windows Explorer even when I am inside TrueCrypt. Is this possible?
As it's a mounted volume, not that I'm aware of, since you've got it decrypted for session with the files accessible.
And how do I get rid of the files that have already shown up without also deleting the corresponding files inside Truecrypt?
That I can't even try to answer offhand, as I've never had this problem. Best I can suggest is referring you directly to the TrueCrypt forums for more assistance on this, as I think you may need a larger number of normal users to sort some of this out.
Sorry I can't help much, never had that file issue you mentioned and am otherwise just an occasional user. Good luck!
edit on 5/21/2012 by Praetorius because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Praetorius
reply to post by trollz
And that's Win7, huh...I'll have to tinker with mine when I get home (only had Win 7 for a few months myself), and I'm assuming that the "Everywhere" folder might actually just hub everything up from all different file locations - basically, isn't actually a separate folder, but more like a shortcut to everything you've got on the PC (instead of having to drill down to individual folders)?
So I don't think it's making copies of whatever you're working with, it's just providing a different route - so, you save a file somewhere, it also shows up there, and you delete a file out of there, you'll also delete it from its actual location.
Just a shot in the dark there, and I'd need to get to my unit to verify.
UPDATE:
Yep, that looks right regarding the "Everywhere" folder - it just shows all files on your PC: linky
ANYTHING you delete out of there will be deleted from its actual location, since that's just showing you *all* your files, and isn't copies or the like.
edit on 5/21/2012 by Praetorius because: (no reason given)
My desktop is completely clean, no icons. The RocketDock "icons" are as minimalist as possible.
I think you're right. I just realized that when dismounted from TrueCrypt, the files in the Everywhere "folder" can't be opened... But they're still visible, including their actual location within TrueCrypt.. I need to find a way to make them not even visible. If I right-click on Everywhere in the address bar, there is an option to delete history. Will this delete everything, or just the Everywhere files?