Re: [tlug] Speaking of computer usage ....

["SL Baur" <steve@example.com>]

On 2/29/08, Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> wrote:

> No. For example, a reasonably well encrypted disk partition will give
>  nothing away in any reasonable amount of time (e.g., the next few years,
>  at least) to anybody who doesn't have the key.

Quote and link below.

If you feel safe, cool!  You're not but whatever works for you.

-sb

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1257

> Today eight colleagues and I are releasing a significant new
> research result. We show that disk encryption, the standard approach
> to protecting sensitive data on laptops, can be defeated by relatively
> simple methods. We demonstrate our methods by using them to defeat
> three popular disk encryption products: BitLocker, which comes with
> Windows Vista; FileVault, which comes with MacOS X; and dm-crypt,
> which is used with Linux. The research team includes J. Alex Halderman,
> Seth D. Schoen, Nadia Heninger, William Clarkson, William Paul, Joseph
> A. Calandrino, Ariel J. Feldman, Jacob Appelbaum, and Edward W. Felten.