Definitely a cautionary tail. And a reminder that we should often ignore the FUD and put (some) faith in digital systems. Specifically: 1. Enable full disk en

Definitely a cautionary tail. And a reminder that we should often ignore the FUD and put (some) faith in digital systems. Specifically: 1. Enable full disk encryption.* Unless you lose your memory, this should never prevent you from losing files. If you're still concerned, store a backup of the phrase in a very secure location. 2. Make offsite backups. Encrypt them. * One of the things I love about Boxen is that this is enforced across the board.