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> This is a really neat project but it’s also not really a solution to anything. Knowing your encrypted data is inaccessible to a thief is a huge relief, and m
by miles 7y ago
> This is a really neat project but it’s also not really a solution to anything.
Knowing your encrypted data is inaccessible to a thief is a huge relief, and may have saved this man's life:
A man working at Starbucks had his laptop stolen. He was killed when he chased down the thief. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/01/us/oakland-laptop-thief-starbucks-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/01/us/oakland-laptop-thief-starb...
- papreclip 7y agoSome faith in the Oakland PD to actually work property theft cases might have saved his life
- hackmiester 7y agoIn my experience with the priorities of police departments in general, this faith would be misplaced. Not that a laptop or data is worth your life (usually).