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Not sure what this article is trying to say. I can gain "root access" just by dismantling the hard drive and mounting it on a machine I own. This is exactly wh
by yuvadam 13y ago
Not sure what this article is trying to say. I can gain "root access" just by dismantling the hard drive and mounting it on a machine I own.
This is exactly why everybody should be using full-disk encryption. It is ridiculously easy to set it up both on OS X (with FileVault) and Linux (with a plethora of options), and even on Windows machines. There is absolutely no reason why not to do this.
- Piskvorrr 13y agoYup. The performance impact is negligible nowadays.
- wslh 13y agoIndeed microprocessors like the i7 supports AES encryption.
- octo_t 13y agoI would rather use FileVault than TrueCrypt on OSX to be honest.
- yuvadam 13y agoI meant to write FileVault, it's the superior solution for OS X, I agree. Edited.
- Karunamon 13y agoFrom an ease of use standpoint, maybe, but from a "less-likely-to-be-compromised" standpoint? TC every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Big-company encryption software cannot be trusted anymore. (If it ever could have been...)