dm-crypt
Ranked 7 of 7 disk encryptions by recommenders
People recommend dm-crypt as free Linux disk encryption that keeps drives easy to move and mount on other systems.
People recommend dm-crypt as free Linux disk encryption that keeps drives easy to move and mount on other systems.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy to move encrypted drives
“my root is encrypted, I move encrypted disks all the time, and have a couple of encrypted external drives. It's trivial.”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit” “You are only a passphrase away from mounting that drive in any other system you plug it into.”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit”
Other disk encryptions people recommend
The four most recommended other disk encryptions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeraCrypt | 45 | 18 | 71% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Microsoft BitLocker | 45 | 115 | 28% | 8 | 10.7 yrs3 owners | — |
| LUKS | 32 | 6 | 84% | 13 | — | Approved |
| TrueCrypt | 9 | 7 | 56% | 6 | — | — |
| dm-cryptThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“stores the data on a dm-crypt volume”
“you'd surely be better off using something like dm-crypt”
“Plausible deniability compatible.”
“my root is encrypted, I move encrypted disks all the time, and have a couple of encrypted external drives. It's trivial.”
“You are only a passphrase away from mounting that drive in any other system you plug it into.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.