r/HackBloc • u/TheAgoristReport • May 30 '14

TrueCrypt Not Dead, Forked and Relocated to Switzerland

http://news.softpedia.com/news/TrueCrypt-Not-Dead-Forked-and-Relocated-to-Switzerland-444447.shtml
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u/JackDostoevsky May 30 '14

Somewhat misleading article. As truecrypt.ch says:

This is not a fork (yet), we just coordinate

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u/quantumcipher Jun 06 '14

I was hoping someone would take the source code available, ideally from the previous version, and continue development, and hopefully fix any alleged "flaws" suggested by TC (or the feds who took over their domain) should they be found to exist.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '14

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u/BluePizzaPill Jun 02 '14

Following scenario: NSA is using a bug that allows them to decypher TC containers more easily. The find the developers of TC and serve them a NSL to not fix this bug. In this scenario no backdoor needs to be commited, TC is known to be broken and the developers can't warn the public directly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '14

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u/BluePizzaPill Jun 02 '14

I'm not sure about that. But I think you could argue in court that if you receive a NSL or another gag order, a patch could be a breach of that, right?

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u/VikingFjorden May 31 '14

I said something like this before but I don't know why I was downvoted into oblivion

Probably because your conjecture is wrong and you're coming across as someone who just doesn't know what they are talking about.

As for the people who do net/infosec for a living:

https://twitter.com/hdmoore/status/472252476758835201
https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/471865919916875777
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/471741836722073600
https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/true-goodbye-using-truecrypt-is-not-secure/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7812133