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Harlan Andrews wrote:
What you're saying is that systems which do not need the "ATA Security" and thus do not use the "ATA Security" feature run the risk of permanently losing all their data. Thomas is correct in that case, those suppliers apparently need to DISABLE the "ATA Security" by requiring modified firmware.
And their hardware which for most home users is even worse!
IMHO, the correct place for "Data Security" is in the Operating System -- not in the drive. On MacOS X, strong encription is available at the User level. This allows the user to encript ONLY the data he wants to keep secure, and ONLY that user knows the password. If the drive is stolen, the secure data remains encripted. If the password is forgotten, the secure data is gone but other info is still available and the drive is still usable by erasing the secured user.
I think windows has encryption too :-) There are at least third party tools to do it. However, I don't think the security feature is bad. See my other reply to this forum.
Sincerely,
Thomas
