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I have a stupid amount of data stored on my 8GB USB stick. Is there any super-fast bit of encryption software available free of charge?

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Answer:

I recommend TrueCrypt.
TrueCrypt is free, open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.
It:

Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk and can encrypt an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive. Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly), and transparent. It uses parallelization and pipelining to allow data to be read and written as fast as if the drive was not encrypted.

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