December, 2011

  1. The Beauty of Plain Text Files

    I couldn’t agree more with Chris Smith over at LifeHack.Org who has written an article on Why Geeks Love Plain Text (And Why You Should Too). The thing is, plain text is something that is just obvious to me — saying you should generally use plain text is a bit like saying you should back…

  2. Is Full Disk Encryption Too Good?

    This paper by four security researchers on the effects of whole disk encryption on forensic investigations garnered a lot of press after it suggested that the increasing use of full disk encryption tools is hampering some investigations. According the paper’s abstract (emphasis added), The increasing use of full disk encryption (FDE) can significantly hamper digital…