* Posts by kevvyb

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TrueCrypt turmoil latest: Bruce Schneier reveals what he'll use instead

kevvyb

My take

I don't know what many of the people posting here and across techie sites have to hide (journalists and whistle blowers excepted) but all I am using truecrypt for is to present a [fairly] bullet proof barrier and deterrent to anyone thinking that they might bother to try to access my data on either PC, laptop or external back up drives that I keep in a drawer at work.

I'm not qualified as many here seem to be to make judgments on the current state of Truecrypt but I'll take a punt rather than cave in right now to all the hysteria and start using a commercial/corporate offering (even if one were available to me), at least until such time as the current audit completes and 'proves' without reasonable doubt that TC7.1a has been compromised or has some previously undiscovered major flaw. For me the audit team will also have to prove that they have not also been nobbled.

Even if either does eventually prove to be true, TC 7.1a probably still does what I need it to do to a degree that is perfectly acceptable - even without patching - unless someone is really determined to access my data. After all it's gone quite a while now without a patch/update hasn't it?

In the current climate, given how even so called 'democratic' governments all over the world are becoming more repressive and using obviously underhand techniques that contravene constitutions and established laws, I'll go with the 'nobbled and silenced by NSA' argument. Ultimately it seems we are all living in one big 'police state'.

I don't know if TC calls out at all but I have blocked that in my firewall as well - just in case something is lurking out there on the internet that is going to try to 'disable' TC remotely . Don't let them scare you into dropping TC at this stage.

FROM: https://www.bestvpn.com/the-ultimate-privacy-guide/

Update 08 May 2014: in addition to many minor updates, we have included a whole new section on the Heatbleed Bug, have completely revamped the section on Encryption to better reflect the ongoing revelations about the NSA’s concerted attempt to subvert all encryption standards (possibly with NIST help), and have noted the results of the first phase of the ongoing audit of TrueCrypt.