Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square63linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere was a reason for disappearance of TrueCrypt
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There’s a long story that’s pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSuddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt
There was a reason for disappearance of TrueCrypt
What reason? It was broken?
It was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There’s a long story that’s pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole
No, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
Suddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt