Talk:EncFS
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Making a C++ program that prints your password is NOT A GOOD IDEA. If you do that, you might as well put your private stuff in a directory and "chmod og=" it.
For encfs filesystems to provide any reasonable security, your password should NEVER be stored on any file in your system (including your shell histories). This defeats the entire purpose.
The point of encfs is to protect offline data. For example, if you have some private data on your laptop, which someone steals. There's nothing he can do to get that data back! If however you have your password somewhere in your system, your data is not safe.
I think there's an error on line: mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/secret_mnt
It should be: mount /dev/mapper/my_crypt /mnt/secret_mnt
