True Crypt 5.0 now does full disk encryption

http://www.truecrypt.org/

do it

Oh I just came a little.

Crunk.

what does encrypting do?

en·crypt /ɛnˈkrɪpt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[en-kript] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object) to encipher or encode.

en·crypt (ěn-krĭpt) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts

To put into code or cipher.
Computer Science To alter (a file, for example) using a secret code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.

encrypt

verb
convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code]

encrypt (ěn-krĭpt) Pronunciation Key
To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.

I'm sure andrea knows the definition of the word and that dictionary dot com comes in handy usually, but in laymen's terms, why would you need to encrypt and how does it work?

Thank you Vanessa. I think they sometimes forget that not all of are as computer knowledgable as them. I got my tan from the sun as a kid not the computer screen.

or maybe Frank is just a dick.


in layman's terms encrypting your hard drive keeps someone from getting the info on it, if they don't have your encryption code/password. in most operating systems (that don't have encrypted file systems) it's relatively easy to get data from them if you can physically put the hard drive into another computer.

e.g. I steal your laptop, take the hard drive out, put it into my computer and my operating system sees the new drive, with a little work I can access all the data on your hard drive w/o knowing your passwords, etc.

encrypting your hard drive keeps this from happening. they can steal your HDD, put it in their computer and while their computer will see the drive, they won't be able to do anything with it because all the drive's data is encrypted.

Thanks. that's what I was looking for.

Thank you. :)

I'm going to d/led this and use it on my new computer I'm building tomorrow.

a few years ago the gov a.k.a "the man" wanted to require encryption manfacutere to build in backdoors for them because public encryption software had gotten so good. does anyone know what ever became of that?

uh since this is open source cant "the man" just reverse engineer it anyway?

"The Man" will get into the drive somehow.

This will keep "The Crackhead" and "The Mojado" from accessing my drives after they steal my laptop.