Is TrueCrypt truly safe?
- by Alfred
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?