Does anyone have any recommendations for Bitlocker alternatives, preferably freeware\opensource ? Also I should note I have found out that you can hack Bitlocker, sad but true. I'd like to find something that up to present day cannot be hacked into.

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I should note I have found out that you can hack Bitlocker

You can hack anything given enough time and/or power. And if you are referring to cold-boot attacks, then thats a flaw of nearly all whole-disk-encryption software. Moral of the story: Physically secure all hardware.

But anyway, here is a list of alternatives:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software

You can hack anything given enough time and/or power. And if you are referring to cold-boot attacks, then thats a flaw of nearly all whole-disk-encryption software. Moral of the story: Physically secure all hardware.

True, thank you for the link :)

You can hack anything given enough time and/or power. And if you are referring to cold-boot attacks, then thats a flaw of nearly all whole-disk-encryption software. Moral of the story: Physically secure all hardware.

True, thank you for the link :)

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