On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 07:28:57 +0100, Elena ``of Valhalla'' <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2012-03-04 at 22:01:44 -0500, James Vasile wrote: > > Thanks for the thoughts. I've thought about it a bit, and I don't > > currently see a solution for encrypting storage on a FreedomBox. I hope > > you make progress that applies to our use case. > > What about changing the encryption approach to give an easy interface > to encrypt user data on a file-per-file basis, with 'encrypt to self' > as a default? > That way the system does not need user intervention to boot > and a password is only needed when an human wants to access > the file (and he is hopefully available to enter it). > Of course that way you open yourself to an attack based on > filenames, for which I'm afraid that the most effective solution > is user education.
That's not a bad idea for some files. I'm not quite sure how to implement it in a way that doesn't become a roadblock for users. I'll keep thinking about it. -J
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