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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by Netcob on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @04:00PM (#7812455)
If the audit turned up something bad, the obvious step to take would be to publish it in all detail, fix the flaw, and then tell users to upgrade as soon as possible. Not go "OK SHOW'S OVER, USE PROPRIETY SOFTWARE FROM NOW ON".
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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by Flimm on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @04:50PM (#7812808)
Nitpick: Truecrypt is proprietary (it's source is viewable, but you aren't licensed to distribute modifications of it).
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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by riffic on Thursday May 29, 2014 @03:52AM (#7815206)
Open(ish) source but non-free.
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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by Adaptive on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @04:04PM (#7812482)
Yes. This would be just about the worst way to announce and make recommendations. Looks like defacement to me.
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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by opendais on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @04:16PM (#7812562)
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/47174183672207360...

It doesn't appear related to the audit

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Re:TrueCrypt suggesting migration to BitLocker? by higherpurpose on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @04:51PM (#7812826)
Unless some kind of backdoor was about to be discovered...and they'd rather close it down before it gets discovered.
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