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Maybe something like the Lavabit scenario where they rather close the shop than sell their users out. On the other hand, proposing Bitlocker as an alternative w

Maybe something like the Lavabit scenario where they rather close the shop than sell their users out. On the other hand, proposing Bitlocker as an alternative would be rather suspect in that case.

unsignedint 12y ago
Well, the thing is though, it's not that they were hosting users' data. It's not like they would be forced to provide the contents of users' communication. I suppose they could be approached by someone to plant backdoor into the software, but I wonder if that can be done without someone noticing it...
- y4mi 12y ago
  considering heartbleed... yes
- iondream 12y ago
  Yeah it could be a gag order from a secret court. maybe they folded because they were forced to compromise the code...
- marcosdumay 12y ago
  If they put a backdor on the binaries, but not source, lots of people will be compromissed, and for a really long time nobody may notice. EDIT: I normaly don't care. But this time I'd be glad if who downmoded this post explained why.
mikelat 12y ago
IF THIS IS THE CASE and that's an IF then it seriously brings into suspect backdoors in larger proprietary software. Because really if they're going after trucrypt then they have to already have gone after the big players. I'm not going to jump the gun just yet but after snowden it's not out of the question.
- grrowl 12y ago
  Not "backdoors" but it seems Microsoft stores the BitLocker decryption key, based on this leaked slide (just found on twitter): https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirate/status/471759810644283392/photo/1 https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirate/status/471759810644283392/... edit: Confirmed Microsoft stores your recovery key on their servers if you're not connected to a domain: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/bitlocker-recovery-keys-faq http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/bitlocker-recov...
  - cradle 12y ago
    Microsoft storing your key is opt-in and optional. Whether or not they superstitiously store it anyway is a different question.

Maybe something like the Lavabit scenario where they rather close the shop than sell their users out. On the other hand, proposing Bitlocker as an alternative would be rather suspect in that case.

unsignedint 12y ago

Well, the thing is though, it's not that they were hosting users' data. It's not like they would be forced to provide the contents of users' communication. I suppose they could be approached by someone to plant backdoor into the software, but I wonder if that can be done without someone noticing it...

y4mi 12y ago
considering heartbleed... yes
iondream 12y ago
Yeah it could be a gag order from a secret court. maybe they folded because they were forced to compromise the code...
marcosdumay 12y ago
If they put a backdor on the binaries, but not source, lots of people will be compromissed, and for a really long time nobody may notice. EDIT: I normaly don't care. But this time I'd be glad if who downmoded this post explained why.

mikelat 12y ago

IF THIS IS THE CASE and that's an IF then it seriously brings into suspect backdoors in larger proprietary software. Because really if they're going after trucrypt then they have to already have gone after the big players. I'm not going to jump the gun just yet but after snowden it's not out of the question.

grrowl 12y ago
Not "backdoors" but it seems Microsoft stores the BitLocker decryption key, based on this leaked slide (just found on twitter): https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirate/status/471759810644283392/photo/1 https://twitter.com/TheBlogPirate/status/471759810644283392/... edit: Confirmed Microsoft stores your recovery key on their servers if you're not connected to a domain: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/bitlocker-recovery-keys-faq http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-8/bitlocker-recov...
- cradle 12y ago
  Microsoft storing your key is opt-in and optional. Whether or not they superstitiously store it anyway is a different question.