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You are here: Home / Google+ Posts / It's official: “TrueCrypt is not secure”; Support for decade-old crypto program…

It's official: “TrueCrypt is not secure”; Support for decade-old crypto program…

May 29, 2014 by Paul Spoerry 4 Comments

It's official: “TrueCrypt is not secure”; Support for decade-old crypto program pulled
OMG… I don't even know what to say beyond that. What does everyone suggest as an alternative to TrueCrypt?
Results from phase one of the audit released last month revealed no evidence of any backdoors and the people who spearheaded the TrueCrypt audit said they had no advanced notice but the latest version, signed with the TrueCrypt shows diffs that indicate devs saying portions of code not safe. 

"WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues," text in red at the top of TrueCrypt page on SourceForge states. The page continues: "This page exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by TrueCrypt. The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images. Such integrated support is also available on other platforms (click here for more information). You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform." 
MOAR: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/05/truecrypt-is-not-secure-official-sourceforge-page-abruptly-warns/

“TrueCrypt is not secure,” official SourceForge page abruptly warns
Support for decade-old crypto program pulled, touching off Internet firestorm.

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. Michael Ciha says

    May 29, 2014 at 11:14 am

    Well, my mind is officially blown…

  2. Scott Duensing says

    May 29, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    Something very fishy going on here.

  3. Paul Spoerry says

    May 29, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    Sadly, no alternative mentioned. 

  4. Scott Duensing says

    May 29, 2014 at 2:54 pm

    The whole bit about Windows including the feature is just weird.  Windows is part of what TC protected people from.  🙂

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