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Why Veracrypt not in flatpak?

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Why Veracrypt not in flatpak?

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  • TechieDamien@lemmy.ml
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    Those are two completely different things. It is like saying “why hammers not apples?” There is no logical answer, they are just two completely different things.

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      I was confused, but I think they might be asking why Veracrypt isn’t available as a flatpak

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        I’ve interpreted like that as well. 🤔

      • cplusplus@programming.dev
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        this, sorry for the title

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    I would assume because the whole model of encrypting your drives and installing bootloaders doesn’t blend well with the flatpak sandbox

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      You can give a Flatpak the necessary permissions to modify disks. All the permissions needed by Veracrypt could be granted.

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        I haven’t used veracrypt to encrypt linux system partitions. Does it do all the decryption in user space somehow?

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        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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  • Lemmchen@feddit.org
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    Go ask them https://mastodon.social/@veracrypt

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