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: 1) by takyon on Wednesday June 18 2014, @08:13AM
The timing of the TrueCrypt announcement was the right kind of abrupt and vague ("unfixed security issues") to spook everyone. I expect at least another 5 stories about it here on Soylent.
Maybe the hidden message is in plain sight: the dev(s) want to move on with their lives, they cite recent OSes including encrypted disk support as a reason to quit, and the reference to "unfixed security issues" serves as a fair warning of what could happen to software no longer receiving bug fixes. If you're not worried about the government swooping in and taking your machines, then you won't have a problem using one of the more corporate (backdoored?) alternatives. And if you do have a problem, you don't have a choice, unless you want to use a newer version by TrueCrypt.ch [truecrypt.ch].
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