[colug-432] truecrypt no more?

[Richard Hornsby]

I didn’t realize until today that Truecrypt had been declared dead - http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net

"WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues

This page exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by TrueCrypt.

The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images. Such integrated support is also available on other platforms (click here for more information). You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform.”

I also didn’t realize that Truecrypt had anything to do with Windows, or Microsoft’s (often warned of) end of XP support?  Is there more backstory?  Is Bitlocker a good alternative?