Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days 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-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1975arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1972arrow-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 · 11 days agomessage-square164linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 days agoThere was a reason for disappearance of TrueCrypt
minus-squarem0stlyharmless@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days agoTrueCrypt was forked into VeraCrypt, which is still maintained.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days agoNo, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days 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
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days agoSuddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt
There was a reason for disappearance of TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt was forked into VeraCrypt, which is still maintained.
What reason? It was broken?
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
Suddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt