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Longer version of this story here (2016): https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind -- fascinating story and these articles captivated me. Have had them bookmarked for ages :-)
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=atavist.com%20points%3E30%20ma...
Am I the only one who found this to be very poorly written? Its like the author keeps telling me how cool and mysterious this story is, why doesn't he just tell me the story and I'll decide if its mysterious or not? "Like a handful of random jigsaw-puzzle pieces, each one was incomprehensible without an understanding of the larger picture." He keeps going on about how unrelated these events are, and how mysterious it…
> this to be very poorly written? Yah, sadly most of the stuff coming out of Wired the last couple years has been pretty low quality... this is typical. It was painful to read.
Longer version of this story here (2016): https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind -- fascinating story and these articles captivated me. Have had them bookmarked for ages :-)
Am I the only one who found this to be very poorly written? Its like the author keeps telling me how cool and mysterious this story is, why doesn't he just tell me the story and I'll decide if its mysterious or not? "Like a handful of random jigsaw-puzzle pieces, each one was incomprehensible without an understanding of the larger picture." He keeps going on about how unrelated these events are, and how mysterious it…
For those who are interested in TrueCrypt history, here (it is in Russian) https://news.softodrom.ru/ap/b19702.shtml ( https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https... ) author did a small research and came to conclusion that TrueCrypt most likely was created by a Czech guy named David Tesařík. Update: IMHO this research is the most comprehensive one which I saw regarding TrueCrypt authorship
In short, Le Roux was the original author (under the name E4M) was later hired by Hafner to write a commercial disc encryption system together with Hollingworth who authored ScramDisc. Later Le Roux released E4M under its new name TrueCrypt, and the commercial team (with Tesarik as its maintainer) sued him.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Uh, I don't think so? Pretty sure they either gave up, decided it was unconstitutional, or both. Either way, "make", not "export". I'm almost certain it's illegal to export missile guidance systems under ITAR.
> Uh, I don't think so? Pretty sure they either gave up, decided it was unconstitutional, or both. I think it's technically still a law that's on the books and the American federal government did try to claim PGP was "munitions" at one point in the 90's, but the feds were skirted by PGP being printed in a book which is protected by the 1st amendment.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_i…
I hate that they put that list like that: "Private jets full of gold. Missile-guidance systems. Unbreakable encryption. African militias. Explosives. Kidnapping." One of the things in this list is not like the other.
I propose a game, given a list, find a way that each item is not like the others: - Kidnapping - It's the only action. - Explosives - It's the only thing that is illegal to make. - African Militias - It's the only one about using people. - Unbreakable Encryption - It's the only thing that is used by regular people on a regular basis. - Missile Guidance Systems - It's the only thing that's not unique. - Private jets f…
Missile guidance systems would probably be illegal to export, though. (You'd have to declare the gold.)
I was expecting an article about Ross Ulbricht. Although this other story is even more fascinating!
I hate that they put that list like that: "Private jets full of gold. Missile-guidance systems. Unbreakable encryption. African militias. Explosives. Kidnapping." One of the things in this list is not like the other.
I propose a game, given a list, find a way that each item is not like the others: - Kidnapping - It's the only action. - Explosives - It's the only thing that is illegal to make. - African Militias - It's the only one about using people. - Unbreakable Encryption - It's the only thing that is used by regular people on a regular basis. - Missile Guidance Systems - It's the only thing that's not unique. - Private jets f…
I see you get one joker in your game.
Am I the only one who found this to be very poorly written? Its like the author keeps telling me how cool and mysterious this story is, why doesn't he just tell me the story and I'll decide if its mysterious or not? "Like a handful of random jigsaw-puzzle pieces, each one was incomprehensible without an understanding of the larger picture." He keeps going on about how unrelated these events are, and how mysterious it…