On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Juan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2014 08:06:51 -0500 > Snehan Kekre <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I still have no definite idea as to why TrueCrypt was dropped and >> Bitlocker was suggested!
Because whoever suggested it trusted closed source Microsoft. Not that anything running from or on top of that OS should ever be considered secure. > I too think that Vera looks like a fork of TrueCrypt. > https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=FAQ > > What's the difference between TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt? > ... > Who knows if that's really true, tho. I'd agree those are bullshit FAQ words in general. Has any project truly surfaced as the [technical] community recognized sucessor or comparable to TrueCrypt yet? Or are we still in fork of the month club mode?
