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On 6/1/2014 1:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> |
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> Am 01.06.2014 14:31, schrieb Tanstaafl: |
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>> Wow, I've been mostly offline for a few days, and this morning when |
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>> playing catch up on the news, learned that Truecrypt, one of my all |
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>> time favorite apps, is no more. |
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>> Some links of interest: |
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>> https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/05/truecrypt_wtf.html |
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>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7812133 |
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>> http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/505372-truecrypt-is-dead?page=1 |
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> well, if true: good riddance. |
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Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it has no value. Yes, |
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on linux, there are much better options, but for windows users, it is |
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(was) the best solution available bar none, and an amazing product. |
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> But I suspect some hacker-y or power struggle. |
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Which means you took zero seconds to verify the veracity of the |
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information. Uninformed comments are less than useless. |
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And I forgot that most here are not windows users for whatever reason |
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(some are just elitist pricks, some are purists for philosophical |
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reasons, and some simply don't have to use Windows for a $dayjob. |
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The fact is, Truecrypt is (was) THE GoTo encryption method for purely |
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Windows based systems. |
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I just thought there might actually be some rational people on the list |
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that would like to discuss the ramifications of such a major happening. |
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Guess I was wrong. |