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warewolf / truecrypt

truecrypt

Repo for comparison of truecrypt 7.1a v.s. 7.2 (released 27may2014) (UNOFFICIAL)

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What it is

Repo for comparison of truecrypt 7.1a v.s. 7.2 (released 27may2014) (UNOFFICIAL)

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 8:59:20 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-05-28 20:32:20 UTC to 2014-05-30 03:01:59 UTC.

012014-05-28 20:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-28 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 28, 20:002014-05-28 21:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-28 22:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-05-28 22:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-28 23:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-28 23:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 01:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 01:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 02:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 03:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-05-29 04:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 05:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 06:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 07:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 08:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 09:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 10:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 11:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 29, 11:002014-05-29 12:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 13:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 14:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 15:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 16:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 16:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 17:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 17:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 18:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 19:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 19:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 20:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 20:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 21:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 22:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 22:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-29 23:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-29 23:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-30 01:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-30 01:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-30 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-30 02:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-30 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-05-30 03:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-30 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 30, 03:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
May 28, 20:002014-05-28 20:00:00 UTC2014-05-28 21:00:00 UTC101
May 28, 21:002014-05-28 21:00:00 UTC2014-05-28 22:00:00 UTC101
May 28, 22:002014-05-28 22:00:00 UTC2014-05-28 23:00:00 UTC000
May 28, 23:002014-05-28 23:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 00:002014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 01:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 01:002014-05-29 01:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 02:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 02:002014-05-29 02:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 03:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 03:002014-05-29 03:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 04:00:00 UTC101
May 29, 04:002014-05-29 04:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 05:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 05:002014-05-29 05:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 06:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 06:002014-05-29 06:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 07:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 07:002014-05-29 07:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 08:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 08:002014-05-29 08:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 09:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 09:002014-05-29 09:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 10:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 10:002014-05-29 10:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 11:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 11:002014-05-29 11:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 12:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 12:002014-05-29 12:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 13:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 13:002014-05-29 13:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 14:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 14:002014-05-29 14:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 15:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 15:002014-05-29 15:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 16:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 16:002014-05-29 16:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 17:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 17:002014-05-29 17:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 18:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 18:002014-05-29 18:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 19:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 19:002014-05-29 19:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 20:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 20:002014-05-29 20:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 21:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 21:002014-05-29 21:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 22:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 22:002014-05-29 22:00:00 UTC2014-05-29 23:00:00 UTC000
May 29, 23:002014-05-29 23:00:00 UTC2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC000
May 30, 00:002014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-30 01:00:00 UTC000
May 30, 01:002014-05-30 01:00:00 UTC2014-05-30 02:00:00 UTC000
May 30, 02:002014-05-30 02:00:00 UTC2014-05-30 03:00:00 UTC101
May 30, 03:002014-05-30 03:00:00 UTC2014-05-30 04:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

1 sources
spiffytech·May 28, 2014
Quoting @ValdikSS on Reddit[0]: TL;DR: The website is presumed hacked, the keys are presumed compromised, the binary on the website is capable only to decode crypted data, not encode, and may contain trojan. The binary is signed with the valid (old) key. All old versions are wiped, the repository is wiped too. Please do not download or run it. And please don't switch to bitlocker. Latest version is 7.1a. Version 7.2 is a hoax. TrueCrypt Setup 7.1a.exe:
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sha1: 7689d038c76bd1df695d295c026961e50e4a62ea md5: 7a23ac83a0856c352025a6f7c9cc1526 TrueCrypt 7.1a Mac OS X.dmg: sha1: 16e6d7675d63fba9bb75a9983397e3fb610459a1 md5: 89affdc42966ae5739f673ba5fb4b7c5 truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x86.tar.gz: sha1: 0e77b220dbbc6f14101f3f913966f2c818b0f588 md5: 09355fb2e43cf51697a15421816899be truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x64.tar.gz: sha1: 086cf24fad36c2c99a6ac32774833c74091acc4d md5: bb355096348383987447151eecd6dc0e Diff between latest version and the hoax one: https://github.com/warewolf/truecrypt/compare/master...7.2 Screenshot: http://habrastorage.org/getpro/habr/post_images/da1/1bf/6a5/da11bf6a5225fa718987ba… ----------- Also, Kenn White, who is involved with the Truecrypt audit, asserts this is probably a compromise[1]. [0]: http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/26pxol/truecrypt_i... [1]: https://twitter.com/kennwhite/status/471740840478797824
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