"Bear Bottoms" <bearbottoms1@gmai.com> wrote in
news:op.t6kxuhfgjo4m88@bwwlxc1.br.no.cox.net:

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> Let me try to understand this. Being such a proclaimed expert in these
> matters, why are you here in a freeware newsgroup? What is your
> purpose?

You do realise that you're arguing that Linus Torvalds can *never* post to
a Linux newsgroup? "A proclaimed expert on linux, so why would he be in a
newsgroup with free software?! What is his purpose?!"

> If not TrueCrypt, what then? What would you recommend as a
> viable free alternative that is much better? ...and why?

Truecrypt is a tool, and like any *tool* is has its pros and cons.
Truecrypt is *not* a "one size fits all" solution, which you're suggesting
by that argument.

ISTM, that certain people on this newsgroup are more interested in
"defending the reputation of TrueCrypt!" than actually listening to, and
constructivly addressing, security concerns which get raised - instead
resorting to ad hominem attacks to deflect critism.