Annalina Buckmann

Bridging the Gap Between Usable Security Research and Open-Source Practice — Lessons From a Long-Term Engagement With VeraCrypt

VeraCrypt is a freely available open-source encryption tool popular with tech-savvy users. In a 4-year effort to improve VeraCrypt’s usability to reach less tech-savvy users, we conducted 3 user studies (N=77) and found that participants struggled to successfully encrypt their devices with VeraCrypt. We iteratively re…