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New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own

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Re: New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own

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Post by ck2 »

It's sad we need encryption mostly for protection from not criminals, but our own government for even trivial data.

What freaks me out most these days is how easily people fall into the belief that "oh well traveling is not a right so you have to give up rights when you fly or drive anywhere".

No, if you are a citizen of the United States and unless you are actually crossing a border, you should have the unqualified protection against unreasonable searches, especially without warrants.

I also don't accept the "well it's worse in other countries, be happy you are not there" argument. This country is not even 250 years old. The laws we made are pretty fundamental and not old at all. It's not some kind of game where they should be allowed to dance around the edges to break them.

Re: New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own

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Post by daeken »

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #12
[deleted] wrote: post #7

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I use crypted vaults for all my customer projects. I couldn't sleep well otherwise.

I use FDE and then encrypted vaults for each project. Even if my computer is lost/stolen when it's on or asleep and the FDE does nothing, I can be assured that the vast majority of the sensitive data is safe.

Re: New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own

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Post by thibaut_barrere »

daeken wrote: post #15
thibaut_barrere wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use crypted vaults for all my customer projects. I couldn't sleep well otherwise.

I use FDE and then encrypted vaults for each project. Even if my computer is lost/stolen when it's on or asleep and the FDE does nothing, I can be assured that the vast majority of the sensitive data is safe.

I'm adding FDE too :)

I use Knox for Vaults (on Mac), what do you use out of curiosity?

Re: New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own

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Post by thibaut_barrere »

wazoox wrote: post #13

None of my current computers is powerful enough for that without it being a serious hassle. And I'm pretty sure it will drain my laptop battery much faster...

Which OS do you use? On Mac OS X I use Knox; my 2006' MBP doesn't have any issue with that.

Re: New Year's Resolution: Full Disk Encryption on Every Computer You Own

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Post by flipbrad »

ck2 wrote: post #14

It's sad we need encryption mostly for protection from not criminals, but our own government for even trivial data. What freaks me out most these days is how easily people fall into the belief that "oh well traveling is not a right so you have to give up rights when you fly or drive anywhere". No, if you are a citizen of the United States and unless you are actually crossing a border, you should have the unqualified…

To be honest, I don't see why national borders are so strongly part of the equation. I suppose that depends on your worldview. I live within the Schengen Area, and to me it seem patently obvious that most 'bad things' in the world are hardly affected by national borders. They're typically supra-national (climate change, credit crunch, cracking, etc) or intra-national (most crime, etc. I don't mean to argue for more checks / security measures, overall, but why do you want them to be focused at the border?
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