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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
Scott Ramsdell
Windows does have the ability to encrypt your home folder, you simply enable EFS on your home folder. It's that easy.

Encrypting a drive offers no security when someone has physical access to the machine. Why? Because the encryption key itself cannot be encrypted, it has to be on the disk some...

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