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TrueCrypt shut down because it was indeed the most secure encryption software ever made (and mostly used). Government forced creators to shut it down and agreem
by jaimehrubiks 11y ago
TrueCrypt shut down because it was indeed the most secure encryption software ever made (and mostly used). Government forced creators to shut it down and agreement conditions remain unknown. Any vulnerabilities found and disclosed after then do not compromise the security of a fully encrypted drive or file when analyzed on another machine. In fact, if the software was indeed vulnerable then it would still remain active since it would be decryptable by governments agencies.
Note: This is MY opinion on this subject, I might be totally wrong.
- whoopdedo 11y agoAnd not because the sole developer was too busy to keep working on it? Never attribute to maliciousness what can adequately be explained by laziness.
- jmnicolas 11y agoNever attribute to laziness what can adequately be explained by NSA maliciousness ;-)
- whoopdedo 11y agoBut what is more probable? The number of known NSA backdoors is greater than zero, but is small compared to the number of known lazy or sloppy programming mistakes. That said, the likelihood that a potential exploit will be used by the NSA is very close to if not exactly 100%. You don't have to inject a vulnerability into a system when there are more than enough unintentional holes already.
- e40 11y agoAnd what information do you base your opinion on? Wild speculation or actual facts?
- abandonliberty 11y agoDoes no one else find the "our audited software isn't secure, please switch to any of these (compromised) options" rather suspect? I figure it was a as direct a warning that the devs could give based on whatever was happening. I'm very skeptical, but that was very, very weird, and not too far fetched in our world of gag orders. Is there a stronger explanation for the erratic behavior?