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Relaunched TrueCrypt site with original content and documentation

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Re: Relaunched TrueCrypt site with original content and documentation

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Bitlocker is by far the most audited encryption solution available...

Audited by who?

I'd imagine by several microsoft crypto experts and the countless people doing auditing for the various organizations that use it.

(Of course I can't really name and shame)

Re: Relaunched TrueCrypt site with original content and documentation

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"Free open source"? Did they actually get an open source license this time? If not, this website could be in violation of the license, but as discussed before, it's very unlikely the TrueCrypt authors would pursue this copyright violation.

thats the original caption from their old website.

Re: Relaunched TrueCrypt site with original content and documentation

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Just because a person is older than you doesn't mean they're either stupid or completely non-technical. Plenty of older people started using computer in the middle of the sixties. So what if we started with card punch machines, tape readers, and mainframes? Just exactly what do you mean by "normal?" How much computer exposure does it take before one loses that quality and becomes, well, "you?" There are lots of grand…

I understand that there's a prejudice against older people regarding technical ability, but the parent poster didn't actually say anything regarding old people in general, just about his/her grandparents specifically.

Grandparents _are_ the prototypical older generation. Read areound. That's become the common usage ;-)

Re: Relaunched TrueCrypt site with original content and documentation

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand that there's a prejudice against older people regarding technical ability, but the parent poster didn't actually say anything regarding old people in general, just about his/her grandparents specifically.

Grandparents _are_ the prototypical older generation. Read areound. That's become the common usage ;-)

So how are we supposed to refer to our actual grandparents, without people assuming we're making a generalization?
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