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> If your adversaries want your data, FDE will help them and not you. Sorry to nitpick, but it may confuse a casual user: FDE will not help your adversaries, i
by hackuser 12y ago
> If your adversaries want your data, FDE will help them and not you.
Sorry to nitpick, but it may confuse a casual user: FDE will not help your adversaries, it just won't help you. That is, in those circumnstances (i.e., when your disk is mounted) FDE won't have any effect.
- quesera 12y agoAgreed. The comparison which wasn't clear in that sentence was to file-level encryption. At the point of seizure, your chosen data protection method is either helping your adversaries by offering all files unimpeded, or helping you by not doing so. It's equivalent to having no data protection at all, if you adversaries are competent.