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".

  • 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