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You can create other encrypted volumes using
<span class="application">LUKS</span> to encrypt, for example, another
USB stick or an external hard disk.
<span class="application">LUKS</span> is the standard for disk
encryption in Linux.
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You can also open <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> encrypted
volumes in Tails. <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span> is a disk
encryption tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. [[See our documentation
about <span class="application">VeraCrypt</span>.|veracrypt]]
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[[!inline pages="doc/encryption_and_privacy/luks_vs_veracrypt.inline" raw="yes" sort="age"]]
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Plug in the external storage device that you want to use.
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1. Check that the description of the device on the right side of the screen
corresponds to your device: its brand, its size, etc.
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Now the schema of the partitions in the middle of the screen shows an empty device:
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[[!img empty_device.png link=no alt="Free Space 123 GB"]]
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Click on the <span class="guimenu">[[!img lib/list-add.png alt="Create partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button to create a new partition on the device.
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Creating the partition takes from a few seconds to a few minutes. After that, the new encrypted partition appears in the volumes on the device:
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If you want to create another partition in the free space on the device, click on the free space and then click on the <span class="guimenu">[[!img lib/list-add.png alt="Create partition" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span> button again.
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You can open this new partition from the sidebar of the file browser with the name you gave it.
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After opening the partition with the file browser, you can also access it
from the <span class="guimenu">Places</span> menu.
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Such encrypted volumes are not hidden. An attacker in possession of the device can know that there is an encrypted volume on it. Take into consideration that you can be forced or tricked to give out its passphrase.
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It is possible to open such encrypted volumes from other operating systems. But, doing so might compromise the security provided by Tails.
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For example, image thumbnails might be created and saved by the other operating system. Or, the contents of files might be indexed by the other operating system.
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1. Check that the description of the device on the right side of the screen
corresponds to your device: its brand, its size, etc.
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