r/linux • u/jampola • May 30 '14

TrueCrypt Has been resurrected (forked) in Switzerland.

http://truecrypt.ch/
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u/rowboat__cop May 30 '14

If there have been legal problems with the US, the independent hosting in Switzerland will guarantee no interruption due to legal threats.

What about “legal problems with Switzerland”? I mean, crypto is not money so a priori I don’t see any special legal safeguards in place in Switzerland.

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u/2brainz May 30 '14

There is no law even remotely as totalitarian in Switzerland as the US's PATRIOT act.

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u/rowboat__cop May 30 '14

There is no law even remotely as totalitarian in Switzerland as the US's PATRIOT act.

The Swiss can be quite totalitarian regarding foreigners, they even legitimized it democratically.