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Encryption for the masses
Kelly Martin, 2006-03-21

File and disk encryption needs to be simple and easy if it's going to be used. This article looks at Apple's FileVault and takes a sneak peak at what's coming in Windows Vista.

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Encryption for the masses 2006-03-22
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Encryption for the masses 2006-03-22
Scott Ramsdell (3 replies)
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Re: Re: Encryption for the masses 2006-03-25
Anonymous
First, EFS is not available in XP Home.
Those few who use XP Pro at home, sometimes have grief when they reinstall the OS and all their precious encrypted files turn from gold to crap.

Microsoft faulted that you're not prompted to export the recovery key when you enable encryption.

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Encryption for the masses 2006-03-24
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One problem with EFS 2006-03-28
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