- depending upon the file system.

For instance, if you used ext3 then mkfs.ext3 is going to put backup super blocks all over your disk. If you then setup a hidden volume later on, some of those backup super blocks are going to get over written. An attacker - to whom you've been forced to reveal your outer volume password - could easily discover that the backup super blocks aren't the same as the real super block and deduce that you're using a hidden volume that you didn't tell them about. You could, when formating, tell mkfs.ext3 not to use any backup super blocks - but that also might look a bit suspicious. Just food for thought.

Chya, except for the part where "UK Government Can Demand You Hand Over Encryption Keys" reported last week. I know that's a different level, but we also don't have BB-esque security cameras watching us on every street corner, like London. So take your pick - corporate espionage or government? Both scary. By the way, did anyone check to see if this is actually a Verizon operated phone number? We could have just gotten data mined ourselves. Sounds like a new form of phishing could have just been born - a few forged documents and a Slashdot post and you've phished all of the techies who actually care. =)