During the last months, Dropbox, the well-known synchronization tool, was hit by bad stories. First, they changed their EULA (“End User License Agreement“) which clearly stated that Dropbox employees could access your files in case of very specific cases like law enforcement procedures. I always blogged about this. Then, researchers
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Brrrrrrr!
In a previous post, I talked about whole disk encryption. More and more security incidents are reports by medias were laptop are stolen or list in the nature with thousands of ultra-confidential-top-secret-data. That’s why disk encryption becomes a hot topic at the moment. A “hot” topic? In fact, it’s more
More TrueCrypt Stress Tests
Now that I’ve a fully encrypted disk… Let’s stress it! Just after the encryption process, I started Windows Update and installed 22 (!) patches. This operation generated lot of I/O. The system speed was “normal” (well, slow but normal for a P3 system). No big issue! No software complaint. It’s
TrueCrypt Whole Disk Encryption Test
In my previous post, I spoke about the new feature introduced in TrueCrypt 5.0: the whole disk encryption. This is a killer feature for all of us who carry lot of sensitive data on our notebook hard drives. The data mobility became a hot topic in IT security for the
TrueCrypt 5.0 Released
A new release of TrueCrypt is out! For those who still do not know this product, its a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista, Windows XP , Mac OS X, or Linux. Full partitions or storage devices (USB sticks) can be encrypted or virtual disk can be created