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diff --git a/doc/html/Hidden Volume.html b/doc/html/Hidden Volume.html index 56f38e2b..bb415d36 100644 --- a/doc/html/Hidden Volume.html +++ b/doc/html/Hidden Volume.html @@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ It may happen that you are forced by somebody to reveal the password to an encry <em style="text-align:left">The layout of a standard VeraCrypt volume before and after a hidden volume was created within it.</em></div> <div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px"> <br style="text-align:left"> The principle is that a VeraCrypt volume is created within another VeraCrypt volume (within the free space on the volume). Even when the outer volume is mounted, it should be impossible to prove whether there is a hidden volume within it or not*, because free - space on <em style="text-align:left">any </em>VeraCrypt volume is always filled with random data when the volume is created** and no part of the (dismounted) hidden volume can be distinguished from random data. Note that VeraCrypt does not modify the file + space on <em style="text-align:left">any </em>VeraCrypt volume is always filled with random data when the volume is created** and no part of the (unmounted) hidden volume can be distinguished from random data. Note that VeraCrypt does not modify the file system (information about free space, etc.) within the outer volume in any way.</div> <div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px"> <br style="text-align:left"> The password for the hidden volume must be substantially different from the password for the outer volume. To the outer volume, (before creating the hidden volume within it) you should copy some sensitive-looking files that you actually do NOT want to hide. |