Questions for RSBANDBUpdate! 357

Just Trekkie and myself this week. Make them good!

Please do the following to send us an audio question:
1.) Email them to questions@rsbandb.com as an attachment.
2.) Phone them in to 571-57-BandB (+1 571 572 2632)
3.) Leave a voicemail on Skype. Add "rsbandbupdate", call and leave a voicemail.

Also, read the FAQ.

Dear hosts:


Do you think it is a coincidence that an increasing number of American and Canadian startups are going to countries with a more lax patent policy (i.e software patents)? Software patents and patent trolls are a fundamental problem to a tech start-up (in my opinion), and moving to another country to avoid the issue of them seems like a viable solution. I would love to hear your thoughts.

I also have a security question specifically for Shane.

Shane: As we all know, Truecrypt is a fantastic tool for encryption when used properly. But, sadly, the website is not secured using SSL. Doesn't this mean that your ISP has the ability to proxy-cache the truecrypt download? Doesn't this also mean that they could provide a cached download that is tampered with (for example, a version that provides a backdoor for the government). How can normal users verify that their download is backdoor free? ( I personally used GPG to verify the credibility of the download, but I want to recommend this to people at my High School, but normal people aren't sophisticated enough to do GPG verification. )

Thanks and sorry for the long question, if time is an issue, I don't mind if the first question is discarded. (You said make them good)

Thanks and love the show.
RING ()())()()()(())()()()(())(()