On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 12:41 -0500, Matthew J. Roth wrote: > Joe Zeff wrote: > > > > On 04/04/2013 08:45 AM, Bill Oliver wrote: > > > > > > I take my laptop on the road a lot, and I have work stuff on it I don't > > > want the world to see. I don't encrypt the whole disk, but I have an > > > encrypted partitiion, and keep sensitive data on it. > > > > You might also consider keeping it on a flash drive with an ext4 file > > system, as most people who'd find it wouldn't know how to read it. > > > As a warning to future readers, this is just bad advice because then the files > would be unencrypted on a device that is much easier to lose. ---- and one that has a substantially higher likelihood of failure than a hard drive. It was a bad recommendation on so many levels. Anyone who entrusts their only copy of a valued file to a USB flash drive is certain to learn a lesson the hard way. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
