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* Documentation: Remove XHTML spec and fix errors
None of the docs follow the XHTML specification, which means
that programs that expect this (such as Gnome Web) as it is advertised
as such, will completely fail to parse it as it is incorrect syntax. So
it is removed.

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<title>VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid</title>
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In case an adversary forces you to reveal your password, VeraCrypt provides and supports two kinds of plausible deniability:</div>
<ol style="text-align:left; margin-top:18px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px">
<li style="text-align:left; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px">
Hidden volumes (see the section <a href="Hidden%20Volume.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold.html">
Hidden Volume</a>) and hidden operating systems (see the section <a href="Hidden%20Operating%20System.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
Hidden volumes (see the section <a href="Hidden%20Volume.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold">
Hidden Volume</a>) and hidden operating systems (see the section <a href="Hidden%20Operating%20System.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
<strong style="text-align:left">Hidden Operating System</strong></a>). </li><li style="text-align:left; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px">
Until decrypted, a VeraCrypt partition/device appears to consist of nothing more than random data (it does not contain any kind of &quot;signature&quot;). Therefore, it should be impossible to prove that a partition or a device is a VeraCrypt volume or that it has been
encrypted (provided that the security requirements and precautions listed in the chapter
<a href="Security%20Requirements%20and%20Precautions.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
<a href="Security%20Requirements%20and%20Precautions.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
Security Requirements and Precautions</a> are followed). A possible plausible explanation for the existence of a partition/device containing solely random data is that you have wiped (securely erased) the content of the partition/device using one of the tools
that erase data by overwriting it with random data (in fact, VeraCrypt can be used to securely erase a partition/device too, by creating an empty encrypted partition/device-hosted volume within it). However, you need to prevent data leaks (see the section
<a href="Data%20Leaks.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
Data Leaks</a>) and also note that, for <a href="System%20Encryption.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
<a href="Data%20Leaks.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
Data Leaks</a>) and also note that, for <a href="System%20Encryption.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
system encryption</a>, the first drive track contains the (unencrypted) VeraCrypt Boot Loader, which can be easily identified as such (for more information, see the chapter
<a href="System%20Encryption.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
System Encryption</a>). When using <a href="System%20Encryption.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
<a href="System%20Encryption.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
System Encryption</a>). When using <a href="System%20Encryption.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
system encryption</a>, plausible deniability can be achieved by creating a hidden operating system (see the section
<a href="Hidden%20Operating%20System.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
<a href="Hidden%20Operating%20System.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
Hidden Operating System</a>).<br style="text-align:left">
<br style="text-align:left">
Although file-hosted VeraCrypt volumes (containers) do not contain any kind of &quot;signature&quot; either (until decrypted, they appear to consist solely of random data), they cannot provide this kind of plausible deniability, because there is practically no plausible
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There are methods to find files or devices containing random data (such as VeraCrypt volumes). Note, however, that this should
<em style="text-align:left">not </em>affect plausible deniability in any way. The adversary still should not be able to
<em style="text-align:left">prove</em> that the partition/device is a VeraCrypt volume or that the file, partition, or device, contains a hidden VeraCrypt volume (provided that you follow the security requirements and precautions listed in the chapter
<a href="Security%20Requirements%20and%20Precautions.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
Security Requirements and Precautions</a> and in the subsection <a href="Security%20Requirements%20for%20Hidden%20Volumes.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none.html">
<a href="Security%20Requirements%20and%20Precautions.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
Security Requirements and Precautions</a> and in the subsection <a href="Security%20Requirements%20for%20Hidden%20Volumes.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none">
Security Requirements and Precautions Pertaining to Hidden Volumes</a>). </li></ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="Hidden%20Volume.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold.html">Next Section &gt;&gt;</a></p>
<p><a href="Hidden%20Volume.html" style="text-align:left; color:#0080c0; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold">Next Section &gt;&gt;</a></p>
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