Is TrueCrypt truly safe?

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Published on 2010-07-15T20:16:19Z Indexed on 2011/02/13 7:27 UTC
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Hi.

I have been using TrueCrypt for a long time now. However, someone pointed me to a link that described the problems with the license.

IANAL and so it really didn't make much sense to me, however I wanted my encryption software to be open source - not because I could hack into it but because I could trust it.

Some of the issues with it I have noticed:

  • There is no VCS for the source code. Is this OK?
  • There are no change logs.
  • The forums are a bad place to be. They ban even if you ask a genuine question.
  • Who really owns TrueCrypt?
  • There were some reports of tinkering with the md5 checksums.

To be honest, the only reason why I used TrueCrypt was because it was open source. But however, somethings are just not right.

Has anyone ever validated the security of TrueCrypt? Should I really be worried? Yes I am paranoid; if I use an encryption software, I trust it with all my life.

If all my concerns are genuine, is there any other open source alternative to TrueCrypt?

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