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Do you encrypt your laptop(s)?

ship

2007-11-19, 6:19 pm

Hi

I was just wondering if you guys use laptops and if you do... do you
encrypt them?

(I'm sorry if this seems slightly off-topic... but you guys always
seem to give such
sensible answers!)

The big concern of course is the rise in laptop theft (see this
article).

http://software.silicon.com/securit...39167107,00.htm
The article seems to conclude:
"It's really simple. Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt. Encryption is the
solution."

But I am wondering how much encryption slows down a laptop in
practice.
I mean if you encrypt the ENTIRE hard disk, this has surely got to
slow
down the speed of the machine quite significantly. No?

Any thoughts?

Ship
Shiperton Henethe

Phil Payne

2007-11-23, 6:20 pm

> I was just wondering if you guys use laptops and if you do... do you
> encrypt them?

I've got all the data on a Microdrive that I can take out when I'm
travelling. Has the advantage of being easy to back up as well - no
need to do the whole system.