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Author: Derek Trotter
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Subject: Re: Truecrypt site hacked?
Good point. Also the people behind Truecrypt have always tried to keep
their identities private. If they sue, they will have to come out into
the open.

On 05/29/2014 08:09 AM, Eric Cope wrote:
> who's going to sue if they shut the project down?
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:41 AM, John J. Macey <
> <mailto:jjmacey@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Check here
>     <http://lifehacker.com/truecrypts-web-site-updates-with-ominous-warning-detai-1582879439?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow>.

>
>     John
>     /On The Jersey Shore/

>
>
>     On 05/29/2014 04:27 AM, Ryan Rix wrote:
>>     Their license is a murky mess that could get you sued, that's the main
>>     reason:http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html

>>
>>     Derek Trotter<>  <mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com>  writes:
>>>     If this turns out to be for real, is there anything (Other than
>>>     government thugs) to prevent someone else from continuing with
>>>     Truecrypt?

>>>
>>>     On 05/28/2014 09:46 PM, Eric Cope wrote:

>>>
>>>
>>>          I found a github repo with 7.2 and 7.1a source code... you may
>>>          want to fork and clone...

>>>
>>>          https://github.com/warewolf/truecrypt

>>>
>>>
>>>          Eric

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>          On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:38 PM, der.hans<>  <mailto:PLUGd@lufthans.com>
>>>          wrote:

>>>
>>>          Am 28. Mai, 2014 schwätzte Derek Trotter so:

>>>
>>>              moin moin,

>>>
>>>              looks like TrueCrypt has problems.

>>>
>>>              Haven't looked at Tahoe-LAFS in a while. Significant
>>>              improvements since I
>>>              last looked.

>>>
>>>              https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs

>>>
>>>              There's also encfs, LUKS ( cryptsetup ) and eCryptFS. Collect
>>>              them all :).

>>>
>>>              ciao,

>>>
>>>              der.hans

>>>
>>>                      Today I read at The Register that the truecrypt site
>>>                  redirects to their sourceforge page, and that has a
>>>                  statement saying development has been discontinued. I
>>>                  checked and saw for myself.

>>>
>>>                  I'm wondering if this is for real or if the truecrypt
>>>                  people have been hacked.

>>>
>>>                  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/28/truecrypt_hack/

>>>
>>>                  If this is for real, are there any alternatives?

>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>              fails. We put
>>>              # him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a
>>>              threat to this
>>>              # country." -- Theodore Roosevelt, Memphis, TN, 25Oct1905
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