What really happened to TrueCrypt back in 2014? Did anyone ever find out?

It was a widely used encryption tool, that was suddenly dropped with the message " not safe, use something else".

  • Pat@feddit.nu
    182·
    4 days ago

    IIRC (but don’t quote me on it), it had some vulnerability, and was gag-ordered to not touch it by some government, and that was the extent to which they could.

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
      14·
      4 days ago

      I’ve read multiple times that no vulnerability has ever been found, so I’m interested in knowing more about this.

      • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
        71·
        2 days ago

        The Internet was rife with rumors at the time, this is likely just an echo of the rampant speculation that was occurring.

        It was around the time that TOR hidden services were making their way into mainstream tech circles (and law enforcement) and people were getting arrested with encrypted hard drives and law enforcement was upset that they couldn’t subpoena Mathematics and force it to turn over the keys.

        So, when Bitlocker Truecrypt stopped updating and the message appeared people just tied it into the things that were happening at the time.

        • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          So, when Bitlocker stopped updating and the message appeared people just tied it into the things that were happening at the time.

          I think you wanted to say truecrypt