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>some of which are actually terrible ideas Which ones?
by jason0597 7y ago
>some of which are actually terrible ideas
Which ones?
- michaelt 7y agoAssuming the goal is "Get through security without losing your laptop or your data" I would say the following are terrible ideas: "Prank them with an undecryptable random file" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19834934 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19834934 and "prank them with 20,000 goatse images" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19837896 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19837896 as they can get you back by seizing your electronics. Of course, those sound like jokes not serious suggestions. "Have it remotely locked by an administrator" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19835097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19835097 as they won't understand that technical mumbo-jumbo and will just seize the laptop. "Have a hidden dual-boot system" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19836135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19836135 as if they take a disk image and spot it, they'll be particularly suspicious of you. Some posters also think "Send your encrypted laptop by mail" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19835019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19835019 is not good advice.