{"id":23496,"date":"2014-05-29T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T01:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=23496"},"modified":"2014-05-29T21:45:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T01:45:14","slug":"open-source-truecrypt-suddenly-shutters-conspiracy-theories-abound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/cryptography\/open-source-truecrypt-suddenly-shutters-conspiracy-theories-abound.php","title":{"rendered":"Open source TrueCrypt suddenly shutters, conspiracy theories abound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    The official pages for cryptography tool TrueCrypt have suddenly    changed, claiming that users shouldn't use the utility as    development has ceased and it may \"contain unfixed security    issues.\" A new version of the app has been posted, removing the    ability to create new encrypted volumes, but still allowing    decryption of existing volumes.  <\/p>\n<p>    TrueCrypt was an open-source freeware application used for    on-the-fly encryption. It could create a virtual encrypted disk    within a file, encrypt a disk partition, or the entire storage    device with pre-boot authentication. In the wake of the Snowden    revelations, a non-profit agency was crowdfunded and created to audit the    utility's encryption methodology, with the first phase of the    report having been completed in April.  <\/p>\n<p>    The full posting at the TrueCrypt site says that \"This page    exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by    TrueCrypt. The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5\/2014    after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows    8\/7\/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted    disks and virtual disk images. Such integrated support is also    available on other platforms. You should migrate any data    encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk    images supported on your platform.\" It is unclear what the    support termination of Windows XP has to do with the death of    the TrueCrypt platform.  <\/p>\n<p>    Despite some Internet uncertainty and conspiracy theories    around the sudden death of the popular tool, the new release is    certified with the TrueCrypt private signing key, suggesting    that the release is authentic from the secretive developer    team. The repository hosting the utility, SourceForge claims    that there is \"no indicator of account compromise\" and \"current    usage is consistent with past usage.\" Additionally, the last    major update was over two years ago with limited support on    newer operating systems, so all signs point to the program    being abandoned, rather than interfered with by external    forces.  <\/p>\n<p>    By Electronista Staff  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/electronista.feedsportal.com\/c\/34342\/f\/625515\/s\/3af5373d\/sc\/5\/l\/0L0Smacnn0N0Carticles0C140C0A50C290Cencryption0Btool0Bused0Bby0Bedward0Bsnowden0Bupdates0Bto0Bdecryption0Bonly0Bcloses0C\/story01.htm\/RK=0\/RS=RMuNBvLbv9XDv9Alqk92FzyIgIE-\" title=\"Open source TrueCrypt suddenly shutters, conspiracy theories abound\">Open source TrueCrypt suddenly shutters, conspiracy theories abound<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The official pages for cryptography tool TrueCrypt have suddenly changed, claiming that users shouldn't use the utility as development has ceased and it may \"contain unfixed security issues.\" A new version of the app has been posted, removing the ability to create new encrypted volumes, but still allowing decryption of existing volumes. TrueCrypt was an open-source freeware application used for on-the-fly encryption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cryptography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}