[aklug] Re: keeping personal papers encrypted

Grrrr, firefox and hotmail. 3rd time, truecrypt or putty on a usb key so as to access a ssh server with the .gpg documents.
2cents,
--eddie

> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:46:19 -0800
> From: barjunk@attglobal.net
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: [aklug] keeping personal papers encrypted
>
> All this talk about encryption made me start wondering.....
>
> There was some conversation in my past about having copies of your =20
> passport and other important papers when traveling on the off chance =20
> that you misplace or they are stolen.
>
> This seems like a good idea right off the bat, except the possibility =20
> that I lose those copies.
>
> So it got me thinking that I could just scan these docs and stick them =20
> on a USB stick or something.
>
> However, there is still the possibility of loosing that as well.
>
> So now we get to the meat of things...let's use PGP encryption. This =20
> is all well and good, but the thought ran across my mind...OK, I've =20
> lost or had my paper versions of the documents stolen...now I got to =20
> go and find a PC to unencrypt the stuff on the USB stick.
>
> But if I did all this in linux, I'm may have some trouble. Guess I =20
> could make the stick bootable...
>
> Also thought I could just add Windows/Mac executeables.
>
> Anyone else have thoughts about this?
>
> Mike B.
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Received on Sat Apr 25 20:49:43 2009