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It is just an interface between the keyboard and a disk based encryption chip. This bypasses the OS for the best feature, no special OS drivers required (OS will/should not be aware of it).]]>Jan 29th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/
lol

would it say tcg on the box? i saw a seagate encrypted at BB already, looked nice but was 30$ more and 120GB less than standard external drives...]]>Jan 29th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/
Another question... will this standard be workable w/ USB connected drives? I just salvaged someone's computer (their desktop and my docs files) using a disk recovery program, and put the info onto their new hard drive. While they lost a day and a half of work (me too, pretty much), they didn't lose any important data. If I put an encrypted drive into a USB caddy, will Windows / Unix / OSX prompt for an encryption password?]]>Jan 29th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/
Or, even worse, a BIOS upgrade "redoes" the encryption for you, instantly setting you to day zero (I've seen it with older SCSI raid cards).

Locked info is only useful if it can be read later. Otherwise, save some cash and time, just write your important for-your-eyes-only stuff to /dev/null.]]>Jan 29th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/
Why doesn't everyone just use a free, open source encryption software tool like Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org). You can encrypt your entire hard disk (active boot hard disk as well) as well as make individual encrypted files in about any encryption standard you chose and also chose from a list of various hash algorithms. This is MUCH more secure (and safe from the feds) than any encryption the vendors will use. I personally want encryption that is secure against more than just the minor thief that takes your briefcase when you turn around. I want something that's protected against our corrupt governments (state and federal) as well.]]>Jan 29th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 30th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/
I use TrueCrypt for Windows systems, and LUKS/dm-crypt for Linux-based systems.

Everything is transparent after unlocking the volumes.]]>Jan 29th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/Jan 29th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/major-storage-vendors-agree-to-disk-encryption-standards/
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