3 ms·
Truecrypt is open source. Can anyone find the backdoor?
by frenger 13y ago
Truecrypt is open source. Can anyone find the backdoor?
- sounds 13y ago"Reflections on trusting trust" [1] may be necessary here. When you install Truecrypt, do you download a packaged binary app? Or do you compile it from source? Do you trust your compiler? Until you know what the backdoor actually _is_, please don't stop just because you audited the source code. [1] a good summary is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_%28computing%29#Reflections_on_Trusting_Trust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_%28computing%29#Reflec...
- joe_the_user 13y agoA bit of Googling got me: "Is Truecrypt A CIA honeypot" http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/analysis-is-there-a-backdoor-in-truecrypt-is-truecrypt-a-cia-honeypot/ http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/analysis-is-there-a-b... Seems like paranoia is looking just in general more plausible today.