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yeah that gets clear when they talk about their certified physical security: there is a strong assumption that drives can not be stolen and will be destroyed at
by Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
yeah that gets clear when they talk about their certified physical security: there is a strong assumption that drives can not be stolen and will be destroyed at their EOL. Such assumptions often don't hold. Encryption and physical protection are not redundant, they are defense in depth.
I agree with the GPG part and that a mail provider can not reasonably create something similar, however they have a weird understanding of "encryption at rest" at the base of their argument why they don't do it.
- PeterisP 6y agoIn addition to protecting against losing hard drives, 'encryption at rest' (as applied in e.g. card industry) can also protect the data from an attacker who gets full access to the database through e.g. a SQL injection, if properly implemented.