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Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected

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Interesting post on SoylentNews today.  There were rumors and suspicion
the project was so hastily abandoned because developers realized they
had been infiltrated by the NSA.  Now it looks like that was true:

http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/06/17/0511216

TrueCrypt Site Encodes Warning about NSA Infiltration 
 posted by  LaminatorX on Tuesday June 17, @10:30AM    
from the Paging-Dan-Brown dept. 

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]

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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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