In v2.4.7 and later, the App offers a feature that user could choose whether to store the passwords of crypto disks or only the passwords of non-hidden crypto disks into the Keychain protected by device Touch ID hardware when opening disks (in v2.4.6 and before, it never stores the passwords of crypto disks in any form, e.g., encrypted or hashed forms). We will continue monitoring any problems related to TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt format and TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt software and respond as soon as possible to keep our users’ data secure. The most notable fix is the increase of iteration count of key derivation algorithm (which also makes it is not compatible with TrueCrypt format). VeraCrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt, and fixed some potential problems of TrueCrypt. Instead, it is because the developers think "there is no longer interest. However, the reason of stopping maintenance is not that the format is not secure. TrueCrypt officially announced that they would not maintain their desktop software on May 24, 2014, which triggered wide discussions. (Note we never mean to against governments, not even to protect criminals.) Two stories in wiki mentioned that both the Brazilian National Institute of Criminology (INC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) failed to access files in TrueCrypt encrypted volumes. Security scientists didn’t find any mathematical problems in TrueCrypt format. There was no backdoor or major problem identified in a 3rd party audit in 2014, and 2015 (audit started from 2013). The TrueCrypt desktop software base on TrueCrypt format, is a software that has 10-year history and is used all around the world. We believe that the TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt format encrypted volume is secure, based on following reasons:
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