Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Demise of Truecrypt - surprised I haven't seen t his discussed here yet?
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:54:58
Message-Id: 538CAC57.2000104@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Demise of Truecrypt - surprised I haven't seen t his discussed here yet? by Neil Bothwick
1 Am 02.06.2014 12:56, schrieb Neil Bothwick:
2 > On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 05:27:44 -0500, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >> The second option does sound what I am looking for. Basically, if I log
5 >> out but leave my computer on, leave home, some crook/NSA type breaks in
6 >> and tries to access something or steals my whole puter, they would just
7 >> get garbage for data. That seems to fit the second option best.
8 > If they steal your computer they will have to power it off, unless you
9 > are kind enough to leave them a large enough UPS to steal along with it,
10 > so any encryption will be equally effective.
11 >
12 >
13 if they go so far to steal his box, they will probably be willing to use
14 some rubber hose attacks to break the key...