tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8668905961012578822.post5270022830720124797..comments2023-03-21T10:41:56.871+01:00Comments on The World of a Penguin: Securing your laptopMagnus Runessonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815671517929817463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8668905961012578822.post-8969859582479033652006-12-30T20:03:00.000+01:002006-12-30T20:03:00.000+01:00Yes and no. If you have to provide your password t...Yes and no. If you have to provide your password to get back to your desktop/login, then you are pretty safe. If you don't have to give your password, then you are unsafe.<br />This, of course, assumes that you do not have any vulnerabilities that provide exploits that makes your computers file system accessible without login in to an account.<br /><br />So if you have to give password after suspend and regularly update your computer, encryption is not useless.Magnus Runessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815671517929817463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8668905961012578822.post-85469988806540899082006-12-30T19:24:00.000+01:002006-12-30T19:24:00.000+01:00Since you say that you are still vulnerable if you...Since you say that you are still vulnerable if you are logged in, does that mean that this is (more or less) meaningless if you just suspended your laptop before you lost it (instead of shutting it down)?<br /><br />I don't log out from my laptop just because I want to lug it somewhere; I just suspend it. On the other hand I haven't encrypted anything either so it's really a moot point, but still an interesting question.Hans Perssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056334737313092043noreply@blogger.com