Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square148linkfedilinkarrow-up1895arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1892arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square148linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 hours agoThere was a reason for disappearance of TrueCrypt
minus-squarem0stlyharmless@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoTrueCrypt was forked into VeraCrypt, which is still maintained.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoSuddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoNo, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoIt was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There’s a long story that’s pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole
There was a reason for disappearance of TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt was forked into VeraCrypt, which is still maintained.
What reason? It was broken?
Suddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt
No, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
It was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There’s a long story that’s pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole