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Microsoft Silently Shuts Down VeraCrypt Developer's [65592]

 
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:02 am    Post subject: Microsoft Silently Shuts Down VeraCrypt Developer's [65592] Reply with quote
Microsoft has abruptly terminated the Microsoft account used by Mounir IDRASSI, the lead developer of VeraCrypt, to sign Windows drivers and bootloaders, with no prior warning, explanation, or possibility of appeal. In a March 30, 2026, post on SourceForge, IDRASSI revealed that repeated outreach attempts yielded o

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Probably because of what happened with Apple and no police force could get into ann iPhone and criminals knew that if the password was secure enough etc. etc.
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If an iPhone is fully updated, powered off (Before First Unlock - BFU), and secured with a long, complex alphanumeric password, it is practically impossible for police to access the data without the passcode.


VeraCrypt.
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using it to hide illegal content is unlawful, and in many jurisdictions, you can be legally compelled to provide passwords to law enforcement


Just because somone it’s legitimately uses it, it’s the morons out there that use it for ulterior motives.

Just need to look at e-bikes modified to run faster than somebody with a bike license, paying for tax, plates, insurance - who’s being taken for a ride here.

It’s governments and law that’s at fault as per usual and always will be.
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