Comments on: Keep that laptop data safe and sound http://gigaom.com/mobile/better-keep-that-laptop-data-safe-and-sound/ Sun, 27 May 2012 04:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: PA http://gigaom.com/mobile/better-keep-that-laptop-data-safe-and-sound/#comment-411629 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:28:14 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27957#comment-411629 If you all haven’t tried it, try TrueCrypt. It’s free and it works great for notebooks and also supports USB flash drives.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

]]> By: Luscious http://gigaom.com/mobile/better-keep-that-laptop-data-safe-and-sound/#comment-411628 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:08:58 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27957#comment-411628 Keeping laptop data safe is one thing, keeping that data safe while using a wireless network is another matter.

]]> By: Jhall http://gigaom.com/mobile/better-keep-that-laptop-data-safe-and-sound/#comment-411627 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:26:11 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27957#comment-411627 I have seen software that works like Windows Mobile. It send a text message to wipe out the hard drive. I think it is going to be available in Thinkpads with mobile broadband. would be bee great with the use of encryption. I have heard of a story where someone was on a airplane and left their macbook open. They went to the bathroom and came back and it was gone. They found a kid using it. The worst part of the story was the the flight attendent gave it to the kid. The lesson of the story is that the guy put a password screen saver on his system. It is alot like locks: it keep the good guys out, but the bad guys can get in even with encryption. I beleive if a smart criminal wants something bad enough there is no stopping them. I have found out that the best defense is not letting them know what you have. Our house was broken into when I was a kid. It was not the person my family had over as company but a friend of the house guest.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://gigaom.com/mobile/better-keep-that-laptop-data-safe-and-sound/#comment-411626 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:18:00 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=27957#comment-411626 Of course it depends on the protection scheme/software, but “professional” or “enterprise” grade encryption (i.e. not the built-in Mac stuff) will probably stop everyone who isn’t a government entity. Maybe them too.

Most personal stuff probably isn’t of interest to would be thieves, but corporate espionage is another story. In which case our employers need to take appropriate steps, the responsibility to protect should be on them. Though some of my prior employers can’t even get SSL going on Exchange web access, letting all my fellow SBUX customers read my work email. Ah well.

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