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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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Re: Encryption for the masses 2006-03-22
William
"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..."

Not quite true-- most key-based encryption systems DO encrypt the keys locally, and use a (usually smaller) passwor...

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