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Came here to say I hope it was encrypted. Being a laptop I hope the IT person saw it fit to have it encrypted just because it is more easily prone to theft.

laurent92 6y ago
I mean, why are we paying the NSA, if Congress has unencrypted laptops. Literally their role to recommend security methods for encryption of companies and US interests. That is what I wonder every time I’m required to throw away my bottle of water and remove clothes to board a plane.
- hanniabu 6y ago
  Fooled me. I thought their role was to spy on American citizens and create vulnerabilities by strong arming backdoors into everything.
- ianhawes 6y ago
  I believe this activity now falls under the purview of CISA. I read yesterday that all computers issued for Congressional staffers after 2017 have full disk encryption enabled by default.
  - ChuckNorris89 6y ago
    So all laptops they were issued before 2017 didn't have full disk encryption. Do you hear that? That's the sound of me face-palming.
    - seanosaur 6y ago
      > So all laptops they were issued before 2017 didn't have full disk encryption. That's an illogical assumption to make. Not encrypted at time of issue != not encrypted ever. Who says all previously-issued laptops weren't encrypted at a later time?
    - viraptor 6y ago
      No, it doesn't mean that. It's a possibility, but it's not what the comment above says. From this date X is enforced doesn't mean that X didn't happen before. It could also mean a change in policy which makes official what was already happening.
  - cratermoon 6y ago
    For staffers, sure. But it's a better-than-even-odds bet that if senators and representatives raise a stink about how secure laptops are hard to use, they get special treatment. Did you see the picture of Pelosi's desktop monitor? Pelosi was on the House floor at the time, wasn't she? Why wasn't there even a screen lock?
- theandrewbailey 6y ago
  Recommend doesn't mean enforce.

laurent92 6y ago

I mean, why are we paying the NSA, if Congress has unencrypted laptops. Literally their role to recommend security methods for encryption of companies and US interests. That is what I wonder every time I’m required to throw away my bottle of water and remove clothes to board a plane.

hanniabu 6y ago
Fooled me. I thought their role was to spy on American citizens and create vulnerabilities by strong arming backdoors into everything.
ianhawes 6y ago
I believe this activity now falls under the purview of CISA. I read yesterday that all computers issued for Congressional staffers after 2017 have full disk encryption enabled by default.
- ChuckNorris89 6y ago
  So all laptops they were issued before 2017 didn't have full disk encryption. Do you hear that? That's the sound of me face-palming.
  - seanosaur 6y ago
    > So all laptops they were issued before 2017 didn't have full disk encryption. That's an illogical assumption to make. Not encrypted at time of issue != not encrypted ever. Who says all previously-issued laptops weren't encrypted at a later time?
  - viraptor 6y ago
    No, it doesn't mean that. It's a possibility, but it's not what the comment above says. From this date X is enforced doesn't mean that X didn't happen before. It could also mean a change in policy which makes official what was already happening.
- cratermoon 6y ago
  For staffers, sure. But it's a better-than-even-odds bet that if senators and representatives raise a stink about how secure laptops are hard to use, they get special treatment. Did you see the picture of Pelosi's desktop monitor? Pelosi was on the House floor at the time, wasn't she? Why wasn't there even a screen lock?
theandrewbailey 6y ago
Recommend doesn't mean enforce.