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| Apr 20, 2015 | Why the open source software model is fundamentally broken | There was a very frank question pegged towards Slashdot readers a few months back, which I happened to stumble upon just by chance during some Googling. It was a pretty simple question that merely asked: for the non-coders out there, especi... |
| Jun 18, 2014 | The Strange Demise of TrueCrypt and What It Says About Cybersecurity | A small earthquake happened at the end of May – a well-regarded, widely known encryption program called TrueCrypt shut its doors. For those who care about surveillance, encryption, and open-source methodologies, the change was abrupt and di... |
| Jun 5, 2014 | Data Fortress 101: Is it possible to make a computer that’s totally invulnerable to the NSA? | Having been offered a position at the agency’s top offensive hacking unit, then-NSA contractor Edward Snowden was well aware of the scope of the government’s surveillance abilities when he stole roughly 1.7 million classified documents and ... |
| May 30, 2014 | NSA Paranoia Has Fanned the Flames of TrueCrypt Conspiracy Theories | Paranoia is a funny thing, especially when it comes to the sudden shutdown—maybe—of a popular encryption service. TrueCrypt's great unraveling—detailed in a SourceForge post—has produced a wealth of theories, given that its anonymous creato... |
| May 29, 2014 | Bombshell TrueCrypt advisory: Backdoor? Hack? Hoax? None of the above? | Michael Rosenstein reader comments 144 with 78 posters participating, including story author Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Wednesday's bombshell advisory declaring TrueCrypt unsafe to use touched off a ... |
| May 29, 2014 | TrueCrypt aparentemente morreu e de maneira bastante misteriosa | Todo software é sujeito a falhas, mas com as denúncias de espionagem da NSA e o gravíssimo problema do Heartbleed, parece que estamos enfrentando uma crise de segurança digital. O clássico programa de criptografia TrueCrypt acaba de contrib... |
| May 29, 2014 | Popular Encryption Tool TrueCrypt Mysteriously Shuts Down | A popular open-source encryption program often used to secure desktop bitcoin wallets is compromised, according to its developers. The program, TrueCrypt, was deemed "not secure" due to "unfixed security issues" accordin... |
| May 28, 2014 | “TrueCrypt is not secure,” official SourceForge page abruptly warns | reader comments 457 with 186 posters participating, including story author Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit One of the official webpages for the widely used TrueCrypt encryption program says that developme... |
| May 28, 2014 | TrueCrypt Page Says It's Not Secure, All Development Stopped | Last fall, we noted that the popular disk encryption software TrueCrypt was undergoing a security audit, inspired by the Snowden revelations. At issue: TrueCrypt is open source and widely used and promoted (hell, Snowden himself apparently ... |
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FAQ about TrueCrypt
What has the press written about TrueCrypt?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning TrueCrypt, among them “Why the open source software model is fundamentally broken” (Apr 20, 2015) and “The Strange Demise of TrueCrypt and What It Says About Cybersecurity” (Jun 18, 2014).
Is TrueCrypt still active?
Yes, TrueCrypt is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 30, 2015.