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What was the encryption they'd removed around '08-10? Fascinated to know.
They got rid of True crypt and at least two encrypted email providers. The way they took them down too was super shitty. Basically the companies just shut down and the owners never said anything more than they're not allowed to say anything. TrueCrypt was worse because the rumors were that the last two software releases were backdoored in some way by the five eyes prior to forcing public disclosure. The goal was to help ensure that if anyone still had TrueCrypt it would be a version of it they could easily crack. The piss in our face was when they changed the TrueCrypt homepage to basically redirect to BitLocker.... Suggesting it as an alternative.... One I have never once touched.
Damn I haven't heard the name TrueCrypt in literally a decade.
Fucking bitlocker windows bullshit.
The internet blows. Client-server model is stupid.
TrueCrypt still totally works if you can be sure you found the right version. VeraCrypt is the new replacement but I haven't been ignorant enough to trust it.
The client-server model is fine. The larger issue is people being vocal enough to stop bad actors. The decentralized model is fine too but what's to stop a bad actor with literally unlimited resources building a mega huge server farm in Utah to gain 51% network ownership?
It always comes back to being involved and vocal and occasionally burning same cars and shops to get your way. It works for every group that uses it to get their way.
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