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My harddrives (laptop, work laptop, desktop, server) contain emails, browser sessions, saved passwords, personal data from family and friends. I do not want so
by Glohrischi 5mo ago
My harddrives (laptop, work laptop, desktop, server) contain emails, browser sessions, saved passwords, personal data from family and friends.
I do not want someone stealing my laptop on a train ride potentially being able to have all of that data.
With a proper real backup strategy, i have everything save. I do not need easy access to a hard drive from a broken computer.
But hey you do you :)
- xingped 5mo agoCool. Everyone's threat model is different. As long as we're not writing passwords on sticky notes attached to the monitor, I don't think there's any need to be throwing stones.
- brookst 5mo agoHey now, I use rot13 on my sticky notes.
- loneboat 5mo agoGotta bump that encryption up - rot26 is twice as secure.
- harshreality 5mo agoSecure rot* variants require UTF-8 and mappings that shift characters between {1,2,3,4}-byte encoded-character-sizes. That varies the message length, which prevents any message-length or traffic analysis. The Snowden leaks revealed that the NSA is flummoxed on how to tackle variable character lengths. However, they've cracked rot26 using custom ASIC supercomputers, so it should be considered insecure even though it's twice as good as rot13.
- Glohrischi 5mo agoI did not throw a stone, i only clarified my counter position for others to understand why I encrypt.
- lachiflippi 5mo agoSensitive data written down on a sticky note is arguably more secure than that same data sitting on an unencrypted hard drive, at least in a home setting.
- pyrale 5mo ago> Everyone's threat model is different. Everyone's threat model is different, but some are better than others, and maybe we shouldn't equate taking time to explain why with throwing stones.
- NBJack 5mo agoAre you saying you bring your desktop on a train ride as well? Laptops with encryption make sense; if you need to encrypt your desktop, I have questions.
- msh 5mo agoBurglars are a thing.
- JoshTriplett 5mo agoAlso a reason to have off-site backups. Many people have done backups to local servers, only to discover that they have no way to recover their data because thieves stole everything.
- The_President 5mo agoSimple hypothetical: "A disaster hits and the workstation owner is unable to return to the location the workstation is stored. During that time period the workstation is stolen by a gang of looters."
- treis 5mo agoAh yes a typical Tuesday for me
- Glohrischi 5mo agoI'm not getting insurance for the normal case. I get insurance for the bad cases. The good thing though: the effort is low. You think through it once and you have your encryption and backup strategy for a long time. I have a NAS System which only runs when i need it, i scrub every month and that basic setup is the same for the last 12 years.
- cindyllm 5mo ago[dead]
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- archerx 5mo agoMy data is mundane and mostly my art projects and photography. I don’t believe I am important or interesting enough for someone to do anything with my data if they somehow managed to get it also I don’t have emails, saved passwords, banking info or that kind of sensitive info on my computers so meh I guess.
- majorchord 5mo ago> I don’t have emails, saved passwords, banking info or that kind of sensitive info on my computers Then where do you have it? Notes on a post-it? Or is this a very specific definition of "computers"?