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:: 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 | |||
All but the worst are still good against casual theft. | |||
Yet if you are a person of interest, maybe double check . | |||
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