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Re: Deleting files

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Am 18.07.2014 12:41, schrieb Peter Percival:
> Peter Mc Donough wrote:
>> Am 17.07.2014 14:55, schrieb Peter Percival:

>> If it is only confidential you simply might use an encrypted
>> directory/partition which allows access while you are using it and keeps
>> it at other times encrypted.
>
> That's fine for files I'll create tomorrow but not for those I created
> yesterday!

And the cached data nicely distributed across the hard disk.

I use Linux and "encfs" which on my computer creates an encrypted directory.
This is opened or closed via a script I start. All I want encrypted has 
been/will be  moved into that directory.
When open I don't notice any difference to other non-encrypted files. 
When closed you just see "garbage" in that directory.
Enough protection against snooping in case I have to send in the hard 
disk for repairs or someone steals the computer and the data is not the 
reason for that theft.

>> ...
>> Your chances are slim as you have no idea of how many backdoors there
>> are already provided by your operating system/programs/hardware.
>
> I had wondered of the Secret Services wrote their own operating systems
> and applications, or do they just have a quiet word with Microsoft (and
> the like) along the lines of: "what you sell to everyone else will have
> the backdoors, what you sell to us won't"?

Remember: There are unknown unknowns.
They can't be sure ;-)), Maybe they use DOS and sneaker Net.

cu
Peter

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Deleting files Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-17 13:55 +0100
  Re: Deleting files Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-07-17 14:28 +0000
  Re: Deleting files scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-07-17 14:30 +0000
    Re: Deleting files Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-17 18:09 +0100
  Re: Deleting files Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-07-17 15:30 +0100
  Re: Deleting files Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-07-17 16:12 +0000
    Re: Deleting files Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-17 17:58 +0100
      Re: Deleting files Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-07-17 20:14 +0100
    Re: Deleting files Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2014-07-22 00:10 +0200
  Re: Deleting files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-07-17 17:28 +0100
  Re: Deleting files Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-07-17 14:01 -0400
    Re: Deleting files Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-17 19:04 +0100
  Re: Deleting files Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2014-07-17 21:12 +0200
    Re: Deleting files Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-18 11:41 +0100
      Re: Deleting files Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2014-07-18 13:36 +0200

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