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Cheap security in real life?

Security concerns are on the rise, companies are beginning to worry about the software they use. I received again a question that bears answering for all the people and all the companies out there because this is a situation that happens often nowadays. So here is my answer to the question that can be formulated ...

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TrueCrypt disappears

Quite abruptly, the TrueCrypt disk encryption tool is no more. The announcement says that the tool is no longer secure and should not be used. The website provides a heavily modified version of TrueCrypt (7.2) that allows one to decrypt the data and export it from a TrueCrypt volume. Many questions are asked around what ...

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