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[David Freeman]

 --- Simon Bunker <sibunks at hotmail.com> wrote: > If you are going to
have your computer in public places now and again
> why
> not have your /home directory mounted from a removeable hard disk?
> Then you
> can just take it out/lock it in a safe if you know it is going to be
> accessible. Chaining the actual base unit to someting solid might
> help too!

Because it is even more of a pain, and what if I want to actually read
some data from /home whilst at the meet?

Also there is no lock which cannot be picked given enough semtex.

> If you want to be extremely paranoid why not put magnetic loops in
> all
> door/windows so that the hard disk is wiped when it goes through
> (just
> remember when moving the thing). Or perhaps a small progrma to write
> random
> data over the entire disk if you login with a certain password? There
> are
> all sorts of things you could do - whether it is worth it I don't
> know -
> personally I still get pissed off about having to use su all the time
> to
> install new software.....

I did think about this, but it wont hold up to a careful anaylsis of
the residual magnatizm. I can explain it better in speech, remind me at
the next meet and I will explain what I mean. 
 
> PS You should definitely read Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson if you
> haven't already....

I have read it twice, the first time in a week. I have also read "the
Big U" "Snow crash" "Zodiac" "diamond age" "In the beginning was the
command line" all by NS and they are fantastic, highly recommended.

Have you read Earth by David Brin?

Thanks

D
 
> Simon
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> 
> > * David Freeman (freemadi at yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> > >  --- Tom Gilbert <tom at linuxbrit.co.uk> wrote: > * David Freeman
> > > (freemadi at yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Uh. To the authorities, when you are suspected of certain
> illegal
> > > > activities. Sheesh, are we talking child porn or a letter to
> your
> > > > bank
> > > > manager here?
> > >
> > > Neither, we are talking merely the presence of encrypted data on
> my
> > > HDD. If its there then there is the problem of having to give the
> pass
> > > phrase over. I would rather be able to deny the higher levels on
> a
> > > StegFS.
> > >
> > > Just for the record, I am not doing anything which is Illegal, I
> am
> > > just paranoid.
> >
> > Fine. It's just that I can see the need to protect data from your
> mate
> > down the pub borrowing your laptop, but I cannot see the need to
> "deny
> > the higher levels on a StegFS" from the authorities unless you are
> doing
> > something illegal.
> >
> > Tom.
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