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> You may use Dash or Zerocoin if you want to buy some weed. Not Bitcoin. Sounds like when TrueCrypt shut down and they recommended Microsoft's BitLocker.

MichaelGG 9y ago
Yeah why not recommend Monero, another cryptonight coin, which has way more traction and is actually used on some "illegal" sites? And has hardforked a few times to continually improve privacy?
thinkloop 9y ago
There is a hidden message on the new sourceforge TrueCrypt site. The first line of the site is this: "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues" If you take just the first letter of each word, except the word "WARNING": "Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues" you get this: "uti nsa im cu si" It's Latin that roughly means: "Unless I want to use the NSA" So, the full message seems to be this: "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues, unless I want to use the NSA" Which is English that roughly means: "Don't use TrueCrypt because it is under the control of the NSA" https://www.grahamcluley.com/truecrypt-hidden-message/ https://www.grahamcluley.com/truecrypt-hidden-message/
- stirlo 9y ago
  Sure, but do you also know where Elvis is and who shot JFK?
- nerdponx 9y ago
  "im cu si" isn't any Latin that I've ever seen. At the very least, it's not classical.
Frogolocalypse 9y ago
The story of truecrypt and Paul Le Roux is one of the, if not the, most fascinating stories in technology there has ever been. https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind
- Casseres 9y ago
  That's crazy. I imagine that's not the only crazy thing going on around us that most of us will never know about unless it's published in a magazine. And for every story that's uncovered, there's probably many more that will never be. Just imagine all the drug networks and such that must be operating in the United States, and to think that's in a developed country - what about all the lesser developed countries? There's crime everywhere that most of us will never see. It's unfortunate that such crime exists, and it's also fascinating that we can operate as a civilization with such crime going on. It's also unfortunate that such criminals will most likely adopt cryptocurrencies. Criminals are innovative, but that doesn't mean all innovations come from criminals or are used for criminal activities. Just like criminals use cash; that doesn't mean all cash is used for crime, and if criminals use cryptocurrencies, that doesn't mean all cryptocurrency is used for crime. I suppose that's a conundrum that crypto creators face: knowing that criminals will use your work to protect their criminal activities. For some people, something should be avoided if it allows for even one single instance of the smallest crime. Other people understand that if you want something good, you have to accept that some people will use it for evil. Like the First and Second Amendments of the US Constitution; Free Speech and the right to bear arms can both be used for good and bad. Thank you for sharing the link, that was a very interesting read.

MichaelGG 9y ago

Yeah why not recommend Monero, another cryptonight coin, which has way more traction and is actually used on some "illegal" sites? And has hardforked a few times to continually improve privacy?

thinkloop 9y ago

There is a hidden message on the new sourceforge TrueCrypt site. The first line of the site is this: "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues" If you take just the first letter of each word, except the word "WARNING": "Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues" you get this: "uti nsa im cu si" It's Latin that roughly means: "Unless I want to use the NSA" So, the full message seems to be this: "WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues, unless I want to use the NSA" Which is English that roughly means: "Don't use TrueCrypt because it is under the control of the NSA" https://www.grahamcluley.com/truecrypt-hidden-message/ https://www.grahamcluley.com/truecrypt-hidden-message/

stirlo 9y ago
Sure, but do you also know where Elvis is and who shot JFK?
nerdponx 9y ago
"im cu si" isn't any Latin that I've ever seen. At the very least, it's not classical.

Frogolocalypse 9y ago

The story of truecrypt and Paul Le Roux is one of the, if not the, most fascinating stories in technology there has ever been. https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind

Casseres 9y ago
That's crazy. I imagine that's not the only crazy thing going on around us that most of us will never know about unless it's published in a magazine. And for every story that's uncovered, there's probably many more that will never be. Just imagine all the drug networks and such that must be operating in the United States, and to think that's in a developed country - what about all the lesser developed countries? There's crime everywhere that most of us will never see. It's unfortunate that such crime exists, and it's also fascinating that we can operate as a civilization with such crime going on. It's also unfortunate that such criminals will most likely adopt cryptocurrencies. Criminals are innovative, but that doesn't mean all innovations come from criminals or are used for criminal activities. Just like criminals use cash; that doesn't mean all cash is used for crime, and if criminals use cryptocurrencies, that doesn't mean all cryptocurrency is used for crime. I suppose that's a conundrum that crypto creators face: knowing that criminals will use your work to protect their criminal activities. For some people, something should be avoided if it allows for even one single instance of the smallest crime. Other people understand that if you want something good, you have to accept that some people will use it for evil. Like the First and Second Amendments of the US Constitution; Free Speech and the right to bear arms can both be used for good and bad. Thank you for sharing the link, that was a very interesting read.