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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc, alt.privacy |
| Subject | Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected |
| Date | 2014-06-18 11:07 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <c0c721Fj6lcU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <lnp7sd$k1u$1@solani.org> <c0asvjFaidbU1@mid.individual.net> <gpi0q9d7oea5k0raaa01r1nfjcsab5vktn@4ax.com> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 18/06/2014 12:13 AM, Shadow wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:09:05 +1000, Sylvia Else > <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote: > >> While it would not surprise me if the NSA were to try to put backdoors >> into Truecrypt, I can't see why those in control of the project wouldn't >> just come right out and say it, together with whatever evidence they have. > > Free vacations in Guantanamo ? >> >> It's not as if it could be covered by a security letter. > > I'm sure some of them were American. > A secret court order under the Patriot Act ? > Why not ? It's been used before. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act,_Title_V#National_security_authorities > > []'s > The security letters related to accessing information, and preventing the publicising of the fact that information is being accessed. In the case of TrueCrypt, the hypothesis is that the NSA has being doing something to TrueCrypt, and while the NSA would obviously not like that to be publicised, I can't see that the NSA can prevent it. Sylvia.
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Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-17 11:13 +0000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-17 23:09 +1000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-06-17 11:13 -0300
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-18 11:07 +1000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2014-06-17 15:24 -0500
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-18 14:19 +1000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2014-06-18 01:25 -0500
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-18 16:40 +1000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-17 13:59 -0700
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Mark Harvard <mark.harvard.909we3@gmail-.com> - 2014-06-17 14:03 -0700
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-06-18 14:28 +1000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Anonymous <anonymous@foto.nl1.torservers.net> - 2014-06-17 13:15 -0400
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2014-06-17 15:50 -0500
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-06-18 00:22 +0300
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-17 14:01 -0700
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-06-17 21:38 +0000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-17 21:50 +0000
Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-06-18 10:52 -0500
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