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Is Whole Disk Encryption Just Wishful Thinking?

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MrCrispy:
Just another reminder that no technology is foolproof, secure or reliable enough.

J-Mac:
It's nasty stuff.

Also, if (serious) law enforcement is coming after you, they have ways to move your computer without turning it off - basically attaching an UPS on the go, doing some wire cutting etc.
-f0dder (July 20, 2008, 05:19 PM)
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Ha!  I would just let one of my granddaughters play with it for a minute or two before these LE specialists got their hands on it.  Believe me...  they will never be able to recover anything again from that drive!   ;D

Jim

40hz:
It's nasty stuff.

Also, if (serious) law enforcement is coming after you, they have ways to move your computer without turning it off - basically attaching an UPS on the go, doing some wire cutting etc.
-f0dder (July 20, 2008, 05:19 PM)
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Depending on where you live it might not even get that fancy.

----------------------------------------------------------
DEFINE PROCESS: its_a_whole_new_world

BEGIN

{IF} (DATE)=>(2000.09.11) {AND}
{IF} (living_in_USA)=(TRUE) {AND}
{IF} ((serious_law_enforcement_action) | (YOU))
 
    {THEN} DriveEncryption | NULL {AND}
               (YOU)=((SCREWED)*(BIGTIME))

END.
STOP.
----------------------------------------------------------

f0dder:
These days, that could unfortunately be distilled to...

--- ---{IF} (living_on_earth)=(TRUE)
   (YOU)=((SCREWED)*(BIGTIME))

40hz:
These days, that could unfortunately be distilled to...

--- ---{IF} (living_on_earth)=(TRUE)
   (YOU)=((SCREWED)*(BIGTIME))
-f0dder (July 28, 2008, 10:31 AM)
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My hat is off. Optimization was never my strong suit after I stopped writing in assembler. (Please don't ask how long ago that was!) ;D

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