Can I just pay for access to all 7 articles now? Having to wait another month for the last 4 makes me sad.
He Always Had a Dark Side
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Re: He Always Had a Dark Side
#232Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are assuming the violence would be carried out using senatorial powers. Senators are generally very wealthy people, and it doesn't take that much money to hire someone to kill another person[1]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_killing#Statistics [2] 2: I have to say I was fairly hesitant to search for that data. It's not the kind of thing you want showing up in your search history...
> I have to say I was fairly hesitant to search for that data. It's not the kind of thing you want showing up in your search history... That, in and of itself, is a very interesting phenomenon, don't you think?
Yes and no. My hesitation was twofold. On one side, there was the thought that if there was tracking, it could flag something, but I viewed that as mostly an irrational fear, since I doubt there's any other indicators I put out, and I doubt I'm worth following that closely.
On the other, it's just kind of embarrassing if I had to explain why that showed up in my search history if for some reason it was exposed. That's also an irrational fear, since there's no reason anyone I know would see it, but I generally try to error on the side of caution when it comes to privacy. Really, I was thinking "I hope I remember to look up this comment if this ever comes up for any reason, because that could be awkward..."
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#233Original author of the story here... Just to add that 1. yes, the reporting on Le Roux's childhood is more tentative based on a family source (well backed up by docs and images sent to me). But the fact that the same Le Roux created E4M which formed the basis of TrueCrypt is something I think I've established definitively, company and site registration trails show it very firmly (and PLR himself admits it in court, b…
Setup a Patreon. I'll throw in $20 per article for long-form journalism like this. Youtubers who make long-ish videos (i.e., EE's who tear down industrial gear narrating analysis[1]) have recently taken to this model and it's absolutely fantastic. My money goes to support the continued generation of new content, cutting out the middleman. "Pay because it's good" is the best content monetization model yet. [1] Ben fro…
Awesome, thank you. In fact I was already subscribed to all of those channels except AvE and MrCarlsonsLab, so given that I just subscribed immediately without even checking out the videos.
Re: He Always Had a Dark Side
#234If Le Roux was arrested in 2012, what was the mechanism of the May 2014 discontinuation of TrueCrypt? In other words, who actually did that?
That could have been automatically triggered by some kind of dead man's switch.
Re: He Always Had a Dark Side
#235Not to be pedantic, but you wrote "cutting out the middleman." Doesn't patreon take a small cut? Aren't they a middleman? (Though undoubtedly one taking a much smaller share than previous ones.)
Ah, arguing with nerds. :) (maybe 'cutting out a middleman' is pedantically accurate in this case. We seem to have identified at least two middlemen in this process)
Well, one could just wire the money directly – in many countries that’s free for receiving and sending.
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#236> On a website for the party, Cincinnatus posted an “after-action report.” “I’m making a note here,” he summarized, “huge success.”
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction!
Re: He Always Had a Dark Side
#237Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you me? I subscribe to Applied Science, AvE, Signal Path, and W2AEW. I'll have to check out Mikeselectricstuff and Mr Carlson's Lab. EEVblog is missing from the list, but arguably that one goes without saying :-)
Are you I? :)
Get your grammar correct before trying to be a grammar pedant.
Re: He Always Had a Dark Side
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
read the article before flaming. The author lays out a very well supported case for concluding that PLR wrote the E4M code then was hired by SecurStar to turn it into a commercial product. Also claims PLR was one of the TrueCrypt programmers, so yes, the title is accurate as far as what the author is claiming in the article.
Can you please quote the exact part where we can see that PLR was one of the TrueCrypt programmers? I somehow missed that what you claim while (admittedly) speed-reading, namely, I've got only this in the article: "Indeed, even today the question of who launched the software remains unanswered . “The origin of TrueCrypt has always been very mysterious,” says Matthew Green". And also as Mahn writes: https://news.ycomb…
OP of this post here. Not sure why you're downvoted and tried to upvote it to rebalance.
I also realized after reading the article for the second time that it did not say that PLR is TC's author directly, but rather that it is unclear if he is.
I made a mistake while first posting as my reading made me believe he's the author of TC. I tried to point it out here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11382412
Additionally, Matthew Green's twitter also further reinforced that belief. However it is too late for me to change the title but I'm not sure what I would even change it to. After all, it seems his original work is the foundation of TC (which you can argue to be different, but the title question remains).
Edit: @matthew_d_green's twitter has also published corrections at this point. However when I first learned about the post I only saw his initial tweet. It's a shame that I didn't realize that PLR is actually not the author/maintainer, tho.
Re: He Always Had a Dark Side
#239Earlier quoted context omitted.
read the article before flaming. The author lays out a very well supported case for concluding that PLR wrote the E4M code then was hired by SecurStar to turn it into a commercial product. Also claims PLR was one of the TrueCrypt programmers, so yes, the title is accurate as far as what the author is claiming in the article.
Can you please quote the exact part where we can see that PLR was one of the TrueCrypt programmers? I somehow missed that what you claim while (admittedly) speed-reading, namely, I've got only this in the article: "Indeed, even today the question of who launched the software remains unanswered . “The origin of TrueCrypt has always been very mysterious,” says Matthew Green". And also as Mahn writes: https://news.ycomb…
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. I agree. The article does not say what the HN title says. It's plain as day.
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#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who finds it socially unacceptable? Redditors?
Police officers, almost universally. Abortionists. Parents of little children, frequently. "This guy we pictured in front of a gay bar." Many people who find themselves targeted by one of the (numerous) Internet hate machines. Elected officials. Unelected officials. Anyone involved in a contract negotiation with the Teamsters. People who take substantial efforts so that ex-romantic partners do not discover where they…
I'm a little confused. I agree that there is such a thing as maliciously or recklessly posting personally identifying information about people. Is that "doxxing"? If so, why are we pretending that this story constitutes "doxxing"?
Because that is what the comment to which I replied upthread claimed.