Zack Whittaker19h ago

New, by me: Mounir Idrassi, the developer of the popular file encryption software Veracrypt, says Microsoft has locked his account used for sending software updates, and warned that Windows users who encrypt their PCs with his software may soon find it "impossible to boot," Idrassi tells me.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/veracrypt-encryption-software-windows-microsoft-lock-boot-issues/

Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account | TechCrunch

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may prevent device owners from booting up their computers.

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Show threadIvan Djansazov

@zackwhittaker

How long will the people use this bloatware ?
Choose a Linux distribution and live your lives!

Nobody in open source community cares about politics, corporations etc.

Get Linux, dump the corporate spyware and feel one less thing to worry about.

Apr 8 at 3:40pmWeb
Show threadKoos Pol 🇺🇦14h ago
@idjansazov @zackwhittaker Now that's a really helpful comment! Thanks for enlightening us!/smh
Show threadA stopped clock never boils13h ago

@idjansazov @zackwhittaker Nobody in open source community cares about politics, corporations etc."

Not sure *that* is true.

But yes, ditch Windows. The most friction in switching to Linux is still better than the least friction in staying on Windows.

Show threadIvan Djansazov13h ago

@Salty @zackwhittaker

"Not sure *that* is true."

What I meant was - give me my crypto, my oss and leave me alone!
Because if a person is familiar with oss, cryptography and math ... nobody can stop him..No government, no border, no language.

We live in age that thanks to computers the governments grip becomes less and less tight, but it is up to us to make it happen for real.