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If the audit turned up something bad, the obvious step to take would be to publish it in all detail, fix the flaw, and then tell users to upgrade as soon as pos
by Netcob 12y ago
If the audit turned up something bad, the obvious step to take would be to publish it in all detail, fix the flaw, and then tell users to upgrade as soon as possible. Not go "OK SHOW'S OVER, USE PROPRIETY SOFTWARE FROM NOW ON".
- Adaptive 12y agoYes. This would be just about the worst way to announce and make recommendations. Looks like defacement to me.
- opendais 12y agohttps://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/471741836722073600 https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/47174183672207360... It doesn't appear related to the audit
- Flimm 12y agoNitpick: Truecrypt is proprietary (it's source is viewable, but you aren't licensed to distribute modifications of it).
- riffic 12y agoOpen(ish) source but non-free.
- higherpurpose 12y agoUnless some kind of backdoor was about to be discovered...and they'd rather close it down before it gets discovered.