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So he dropped TrueCrypt and told everybody it was insecure when he was picked up by the feds, fearing that they would try and force him to open a security hole?
by Nickoladze 11y ago
So he dropped TrueCrypt and told everybody it was insecure when he was picked up by the feds, fearing that they would try and force him to open a security hole? Wow.
- pwnna 11y agoThis may be true. If you look at the timeline of his arrest and when TrueCrypt ceased development, they are around the same time. Matthew Green also tweeted about this correlation on twitter: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/714813676671336448 https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/71481367667133644...
- kps 11y agoOr that someone else involved with TrueCrypt feared he would.
- Mahn 11y agoThe article is unclear as for whether he was still involved with TrueCrypt by the time they got him though. It sounds like he had quite a lot going on to even care for TrueCrypt at that point.
- jessaustin 11y agoSure, but he can't assume that his captors are rational. They might very well blackbag him to some undisclosed dungeon and work him over until he convinces them that he doesn't have commit access. (Which duration might exceed his remaining lifespan, in such conditions.)