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News reports claim that the FBI has said that they can not crack TrueCrypt. http://news.techworld.com/security/3228701/fbi-hackers-fail-to-crack-truecrypt/ htt
by 16s 15y ago
News reports claim that the FBI has said that they can not crack TrueCrypt.
http://news.techworld.com/security/3228701/fbi-hackers-fail-to-crack-truecrypt/ http://news.techworld.com/security/3228701/fbi-hackers-fail-...
Some people argue that they want to encourage the use of certain encryption products (e.g. Clipper chips) while others argue they are being honest about their capabilities being limited in the face of strong encryption.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoTo be fair, though, this kind of case would warrant the NSA's attention - and they seem to be much better than the FBI at this kind of thing.
- JonnieCache 15y agoWhat the FBI, and all security services are really interested in, is FUD. This is the same reason why they've never issued a denial about aliens at area 51, the same reason that they make random comments about truecrypt out of the blue, the same reason they've never released all the CCTV footage from the pentagon on 9/11 even though they could, the non denials around ECHELON, HAARP, etc. etc. etc. They'd much prefer people keep wasting energy guessing about the infinite space of "unknown unknowns" than spending time talking about the less titillating abuses that happen in plain sight.
- yid 15y agoIf I could crack TrueCrypt, and I were the FBI, that's probably something I would say.