VeraCryptis a fork (copy) of the TrueCrypt source code that’s been taken over and continues to be maintained. As a result, its functionally extremely similar to TrueCrypt — so much so that it’s easy to mistake it for TrueCrypt itself. It can read and write TrueCrypt containers, and c...
The trade group claimed that if this happened, it would lead to widespread piracy and it lobbied government to make laws that would have a drastic effect on the technology. However, the RIAA's tactics backfired and the legal proposals never made it out of committee. Still, the trade group...