On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 11:05:16AM -0500, Dale Raby wrote: > If it's sensitive > > enough to be encrypted outgoing, it's sensitive enough to be > > encrypted on disk... even if you haven't actually sent it yet. > > > > Well, its easy enough to encrypt the whole disk with modern OS's, so > if the message is on your machine it could be made pretty secure with > no real extra effort beyond setting it up initially for an encrypted > disk. Then they would have to deal with physical security to get the > message, i.e.: disarm the operator and hold a gun to his head to get > the pass phrase. As only an idiot would actually give the correct > pass phrase (because such an assailant would not want any inconvenient > loose ends left alive after the data theft), it would be pretty darn > secure.
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