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File Vault on OSX is not 100% secure... 99.9999% but not 100%. Same for BitLocker on Wndows... PING!

Really out-of-the-realm-of-possibility security vulnerability discovered in encrypted disks on both Apple OS X and Windows Vista...

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

15 posted on 02/22/2008 5:35:59 PM PST by Swordmaker (We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery.)
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We’re starting to develop a real “Boy who cried wolf” phenomena with the security people. I guess it’s like everything else. You’d better have someone translate. I consider myself fairly computer literate, but I had no clue whether it was a risk or not, until I realized you had to get the actual physical computer. I kind of figure if somebody gets the computer, they can probably figure out a way to get information out of it.


17 posted on 02/22/2008 5:52:16 PM PST by Richard Kimball (Sure, they'd love to kill me, as long as they can do it without admitting I exist)
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A local Mac guy also pointed out that he’s seen customers who have lost their files by using file vault. So I stopped using it. Good idea?


21 posted on 02/22/2008 7:14:57 PM PST by sarasota
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