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Re:TrueCrypt's Plausible Deniability is Theoretically Useles... by maxerickson on Friday January 17, 2014 @11:34AM (#7076640)
I use encryption to store vaguely sensitive documents because it mitigates the consequences if my computer is stolen.

I guess that means I'm not a true crypto nerd?

(I think it is unfortunate how dismissive that comic is, exactly because of this use case...)

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Re:TrueCrypt's Plausible Deniability is Theoretically Useles... by eximius on Friday January 17, 2014 @03:06PM (#7078099)
No, that's what I do too. My point is simply that crypto only protects you from attack vectors targeting the data. If you are the target, your crypto won't save you.
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