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Hi Peter,
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 08:04:33PM +0100, Peter Brooks wrote:
> After a friend has had his full spec macbook pro 15" stolen from his
> house, I'm considering beefing up my laptop security.
> My initial thoughts are to encrypt /home,/tmp and swapspace. But to
> ideally that when the computer is locked (gnome) then the volume is
> re-encrypted until it's locked.
-EPARSE
> The other side of the security I suppose would be tracking the laptop
> whilst stolen.
A friend had an automated remote backup service that kept on going
after his macbook was stolen, and this helped the police find who
had it.
If your disk is encrypted though, then I don't see how this will
survive after they have to reinstall it to use it.
> Any thoughts?
I'd probably go for non-insane laptop specs, home insurance,
encrypted laptop disks and decent backups to be honest.
Cheers,
Andy
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