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In an update to the speculation that TrueCrypt development was officially discontinued as a response to efforts by US intelligence agencies to compromise the project, the TrueCrypt web site seems to contain a secret message warning potential users of NSA interference in the integrity of the software. The apparent message, "Don't use TrueCrypt because it is under the control of the NSA" is read as an acrostic in Latin, contained in the message announcing developer cessation of the project on SouceForge. Two independent analytical exercises, conducted independently, arrive at the same conclusion. User "Badon" at the Live Business Chat message board has a detailed exegesis including screenshots and footnotes.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: I have cross checked this on some Latin specific sites, and the consensus seems to be that it is nonsensical from a perspective of proper Latin grammar and syntax. However, Google Translation does reproduce these results. I can certainly believe that a warning might have been composed using G.T. rather than by consulting a classicist. --ED]
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Tuesday June 17 2014, @11:22PM
They don't have to be US citizens, they could be citizens of any country under Five Eyes [wikipedia.org] or have family under five eyes which pressure can be placed upon. Remember its REALLY not hard for a government to put pressure on somebody these days, hell all they would have to do is say they are gonna grab your relative and charge them with CP. It won't matter if its true or not, the case will take a couple years to wind through the courts and CP cases have a better than 95% conviction rate because juries just hear the word and are ready to convict. you really gonna let uncle Howard do 60 years comrade, or are you gonna put out this "new version" with a backdoor and hand us the keys?
Lets face it we ALL know what happened and involves the words NSA. Funny that we defeated fascism in WWII only for the country to slowly sink into a fascist oligarchy.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.