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Matthew Green is the real deal. Truecrypt is extremely popular and not already well assessed. If you're wondering whether this could be helpful for ensuring end-user privacy, the answer is yes.

I couldn't make any pledge input work (just kept getting errors) but I'm matching Matthew Green's own pledge.

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Until the pledge system is fixed we (Ionic Security) will pledge here. To get this ball moving a bit faster we pledge $10,000 USD.

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Holy shit!

As a TrueCrypt user, thank you!

Thank you.

Couldn't your organization participate in some capacity (i.e. $ or talent) in order to attract more customers and/or talent?

They are asking for money, not grandstanding. I believe in what they're trying to do and have a lot of confidence in them as professionals, so I have no trouble doing what they asked instead of what I might rather do.

Putting forth a good-faith effort, towards an admirable goal, is not grandstanding, the way I see it.

If you want to offer talent, I won't accuse you of grandstanding. For my part, saying "we could help do the assessment" feels like grandstanding. They asked for money, and this seems like a worthwhile cause to donate to.

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