[HacktionLab] FYI: Mysterious announcement from Truecrypt declares the project insecure and dead

[Charlie Harvey]

Hi,

For those of you who haven't seen yet, the author of TrueCrypt has
apparently announced that it is no longer secure, and recommended that
people use bitlocker(?!)

Announcement: http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/

News Story:
http://boingboing.net/2014/05/29/mysterious-announcement-from-t.html

Discussion, conspiracy theories, etc.:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7812133


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