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[โ€“] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

I still stand by full disk encryption accomplishing almost nothing for the average user but separating them from their own files

If you don't have data on your PC that someone might be willing to kill you for, you probably don't need it, and Microsoft enabling it by default for Win11 installs is crazy

[โ€“] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I think it's a good idea to enable it on a laptop.

I mean if someone steals your laptop they can access all your files without it, and even though 90% of files may be useless there's always chances to find passwords (often reused, even if encrypted can be decrypted if they aren't strong), bank details, documents, etc oh and cookies for your browser sessions etc etc. If I were a laptop thief (which I'm not) I'd probably look for those too before formatting everything, that could be extra money.

That's why I encrypt my laptop's drive. That way even if it's stolen the only thing I have to really worry about is not having a laptop anymore.

[โ€“] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah but I don't think the average smash and grab thief is going to be smart enough to recognize the potential value of the data on the laptop, they're just going to pawn the thing off as quickly as possible

Anyone smart enough to want the data probably doesn't need to smash a window, they'll just access the data remotely when the computer is on and the drive is unencrypted

So even then, it only protects you from the very narrow overlap of thieves who are dumb enough to need to break into cars for a living, but smart enough to harvest data off of stolen laptops

[โ€“] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago

And even then i prefer to encrypt only the folder, less hassle that way.

[โ€“] lemmyhavesome@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Sounds like the whole hard drive recovery industry is about to go poof.

[โ€“] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm inclined to somewhat agree. As someone who enjoyed snooping around a mostly unencrypted and insecure internet 25 years ago, I can wholeheartedly tell you that most people's files are pretty boring.

Corporate computers on the other hand...