On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:01 PM, James Chapman-Smith <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi Arjang,**** > > ** ** > > I can't answer your question on insurance, but I can't help to think that > you're potentially opening yourself up to legal issues. Even with checking > things in to an external machine you're still keeping source on your > personal machine – even deleting the files fastidiously would leave > temporary and/or "undeletable" files behind.**** > > ** ** > > I would suggest that you employ something like TrueCrypt to do whole drive > encryption (WDE) on your machine. I do that with mine and I know that it > really doesn't matter if my machine goes missing. The harddrive just > appears to be random garbage without my TrueCrypt password.**** > > ** ** > > If you do WDE you might find that you can happily leave the source on the > machine without any risk.**** > > ** > You're transferring the risk. http://xkcd.com/538/ I'd sooner leave it on the disk in clear. > ** > > Just a thought.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers.**** > > ** ** > > James.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Arjang Assadi > *Sent:* Monday, 26 November 2012 11:51 > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* What type of Insurance covers using your own custom developer > machine at work place?**** > > ** ** > > Anyone having to use their own (custom build) developer machines for work > know what type of insurance would be enough to cover the physical machine? > The machine is personal property, but the work carried on it is for work. > Checking out the code and checking it back in, never keeping anything that > belongs to work on it.**** > > **** > > There is a separate machine that belongs to work that keeps everything on > it.**** > > **** > > So at worst if the machine disappears it would be only the physical > property and nothing intellectual. **** > > **** > > **** > > Thanks for ideas and recommendation**** > > **** > > Regards**** > > **** > > Arjang**** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
