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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by Invictus0 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:34PM (#22301822)
It's plausible to think that that message constitutes a warrant canary [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by sethherr on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:42PM (#22302613)
Not mutually exclusive, it's possible the Momo and the time thieves and the NSA are working together - the UTC is NSA, is the combined message
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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by ta999999171 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @04:48PM (#22303275)
Do you think you're making a point, or just being edgy with your humor?

For some people out there, this kinda shit keeps them safe/alive.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by maqp on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:44PM (#22312080)
There's nothing that shows TrueCrypt is backdoored. Read the audit by nccgroup: https://opencryptoaudit.org/reports/TrueCrypt_Phase_II_NCC_O...

There were vulnerabilities in the software, but nothing that allows the governments to break the encryption with. The Windows client had some privilege escalation attack but that doesn't allow decryption of data at rest. On Linux TrueCrypt is still fine to use, the only downside is, the password based key derivation function is starting to show it's age. However, provided your password is around 128 bits, that's not a problem.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by ta999999171 on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:30PM (#22333008)
Missing the point.
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