cplusplus@programming.dev to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-230 days agoWhy Veracrypt not in flatpak?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down125
arrow-up1-19arrow-down1message-squareWhy Veracrypt not in flatpak?cplusplus@programming.dev to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-230 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoI would assume because the whole model of encrypting your drives and installing bootloaders doesn’t blend well with the flatpak sandbox
minus-squareLemongrab@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoYou can give a Flatpak the necessary permissions to modify disks. All the permissions needed by Veracrypt could be granted.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI haven’t used veracrypt to encrypt linux system partitions. Does it do all the decryption in user space somehow?
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoand then what’s the benefit of having veracrypt as a flatpak package? that it can be used with older dependencies? if so, is that a good thing to have for things that modify system startup?
I would assume because the whole model of encrypting your drives and installing bootloaders doesn’t blend well with the flatpak sandbox
You can give a Flatpak the necessary permissions to modify disks. All the permissions needed by Veracrypt could be granted.
I haven’t used veracrypt to encrypt linux system partitions. Does it do all the decryption in user space somehow?
and then what’s the benefit of having veracrypt as a flatpak package? that it can be used with older dependencies? if so, is that a good thing to have for things that modify system startup?
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