[Cialug] OT: Macbook for sale

[kristau]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> Having just returned from overseas, my strategy was:
>
>  * Spare computer (light weight, long battery),
>  * clean OS install
>  * All important files on a thumb drive
>  * All private files on a hidden, encrypted partition on the thumb drive.

You're missing a plan for what you would do should either your data or
you become compromised. By that, I mean any one (or more) of the
following:

 * You are detained but told you will be released in exchange for the
password to your encrypted files.
 * The device(s) containing your encrypted files are confiscated, and
you are sent on your un-merry way.
 * Your encrypted files are copied and you are sent on your slightly
less un-merry way.

Oh, and by "you are detained" I'm including everything in the range
between "not allowed to leave" through "threatened at gunpoint" and/or
"physically harmed."

Discuss ;)

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