[aklug] Re: keeping personal papers encrypted

From: Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com>
Date: Sat Apr 25 2009 - 17:30:40 AKDT

Give the other set to somebody else.. redundant arrays of people
you're travelling with. :)

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com> wrote:
> Carry two paper versions?
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 1:46 PM, barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> All this talk about encryption made me start wondering.....
>>
>> There was some conversation in my past about having copies of your =3D20
>> passport and other important papers when traveling on the off chance =3D=
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>> that you misplace or they are stolen.
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>> This seems like a good idea right off the bat, except the possibility =
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>> that I lose those copies.
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>> So it got me thinking that I could just scan these docs and stick them =
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>> on a USB stick or something.
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>> However, there is still the possibility of loosing that as well.
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>> So now we get to the meat of things...let's use PGP encryption. =A0This =
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>> is all well and good, but the thought ran across my mind...OK, I've =3D2=
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>> lost or had my paper versions of the documents stolen...now I got to =3D=
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>> go and find a PC to unencrypt the stuff on the USB stick.
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>> But if I did all this in linux, I'm may have some trouble. =A0Guess I =
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>> could make the stick bootable...
>>
>> Also thought I could just add Windows/Mac executeables.
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>> Anyone else have thoughts about this?
>>
>> Mike B.
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