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: again, keep in mind that encrypted devices does not do much against law enforcement, | : again, keep in mind that encrypted devices does not do much against law enforcement, | ||
:: in that in a lot of places, you are more or less ''required'' to give them access somehow, and your refusal will have implications. | :: in that in a lot of places, you are more or less ''required'' to give them access somehow, and your refusal will have implications. | ||
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* "encrypt my PC" is usually variably used to mean | |||
:: "encrypt the system drive | |||
:: "encrypt user data" | |||
:: ...or other things | |||
* added disks would have to be separately encrypted | |||
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==Is it important to encrypt my external drive?== | |||
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If it's portable and you care about what happens when it gets stolen, yes. | |||
That said, | |||
* some of the solutions used by external disk are less secure than they could be | |||
* some of the solutions used by external disk are bad. | |||
* some of the implementations have been very flawed | |||
Also, there is a gliding scale of convenience, and threat modeling. | |||
Most are still good against casual theft, but if you are a person of interest, maybe double check. | |||
This isn't about how many bits the encryption has, it's where | |||
* the key is kept when it's off | |||
* where it's kept when it's on | |||
* the steps you need to do to have it become readable | |||
:: and its compatibility | |||
Say, if something is transparently encrypted -- it says it is but you never have to put in anything -- | |||
that often means that the drive is good within a specific computer - basically, it being in that computer | |||
means you get in automatically, and if people steal just the drive, chances are they will never get in. | |||
The thing is if that is a laptop, it's easier to steal the entire thing in the first place. | |||
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And yes, some of that is technical, but a lot of it looks technical but ends up being a very practical thing | And yes, some of that is technical, but a lot of it looks technical but ends up being a very practical thing. | ||
There is a very real question that -- again -- comes down to [[threat modeling]]. | |||
: Is it that you are political and want to not get into shit? | : Is it that you are political and want to not get into shit? | ||
: Is it that actually want it to never be read? | : Is it that actually want it to never be read? |
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