After slapping an Intel X25-M solid state drive in my MacBook Pro I received a few inquiries from readers asking if it was safe to use PGP Whole Disk Encryption with SSDs being known for having limited lifespans. I reviewed PGP WDE for OS X two months ago and fell in love with it; utter simplicity, trusted security and it doesn’t affect system performance. However, a common misconception is that there is a lot of encryption happening in the background [click to continue…]
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It’s all too often that laptops are stolen and data like company secrets and employee social security numbers is divulged to unauthorized sources. It’s not just that; there are a number of reasons why you might want to enforce the privacy of your digital documents. It might have something to do with the U.S. government’s recent publishing of its policy for seizing laptops at borders or [click to continue…]
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By the time most people read this post I will have stayed in three different hotels in New York, New Jersey and Maryland while trekking along with Challenge X teams for their final competition. That means I have had a chance to glance through several terms of service agreements for various hotel internet [click to continue…]
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