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Jeremiah Cornelius writes:

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]

1. "Jeremiah Cornelius" - https://soylentnews.org/~JeremiahCornelius/
2. "officially discontinued" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/05/29/0243223&tid=15
3. "acrostic" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic
4. "message announcing developer cessation" - http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/
5. "detailed exegesis including screenshots and footnotes." - https://www.livebusinesschat.com/smf/index.php?topic=5629.0
6. "Latin specific sites" - https://soylentnews.org/=http://latindiscussion.com/forum/latin/uti-___-aim-cu-si-any-meaning-in-english.20717
7. "Google Translation does reproduce these results" - https://translate.google.com/#la/en/%22uti%20nsa%20im%20cu%20si%22

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