METHODOLOGY ***
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TECHNOLOGY data encryption protection
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Dear fellow turkey,
http://www.truecrypt.org/
In these days of bad things happening to good people, I would like to recommend that everyone who uses a keyboard think about what happens if … …
… … some one steals, repossesses, or otherwise removes from your control the computer you use. It can be your working desktop in your office. It can be your employer’s notebook that they have “loaned” you for the term of your employment. It can be your personal desktop at home. It can be your personal notebook that you lug around with you. Or, if you’re like me, it could be anyone of a number of computers that you touch in a day’s time.
Clearly, if some one steals your employer’s property, then it would be nice if there wasn’t much they could do with it. [You obviously wouldn’t make the mistake of keeping anything personal on something you don’t own! Would you?]
Clearly, if some one steals your personal property, then it would be nice if there wasn’t much that they could do with it. [You obviously wouldn’t make the mistake of keeping anything of your employers on something he isn’t paying for! Would you?]
Now here we have an interesting requirement. For different reasons, we want a computer to be as useful as a brick if it falls into the wrong hands. Change of employment status is just one reason why you might want to sanitize a computer before it embarrass you.
Never fear, the big turkey is here, with a solution, that is, of course, free.
So think about the opportunity and consider taking this baby out for a spin. I always recommend good backups whenever one plays with encryption. But, it definitely can make you sleep just a bit easier when things go south.
FWIW, your mileage may vary, all free advice is just that,
Fjohn
yet another fellow turkey
just bigger and dumber
Reinke Faces Life 