Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected

From	Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Truecrypt infiltrated by NSA, as suspected
Date	2014-06-17 13:59 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2014-06-17 13:09:05 +0000, Sylvia Else said:

> On 17/06/2014 9:13 PM, RS Wood wrote:
>> 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]
>> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> It's not as if it could be covered by a security letter.
> 
> Sylvia.

We don't know what these secret National Security Letters say, as it is 
illegal to disclose their contents or even the fact that one has been 
received.

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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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