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kamrananvaar · LXF regular Joined: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:25 am Posts: 383

IRKUTSK, Russia — It was late one afternoon in January when a squad of plainclothes police officers arrived at the headquarters of a prominent environmental group here. They brushed past the staff with barely a word and instead set upon the computers before carting them away. Taken were files that chronicled a generation’s worth of efforts to protect the Siberian wilderness.
Above the Law

Articles in this series examine corruption and abuse of power in Russia two decades after the end of Communism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/europe/12raids.html?_r=1

ollie · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:07 pm Post subject:

It shows that Linux and encryption should be used instead of shoddy, proprietary software made by a US company. This software must, by US law, provide backdoors through any encryption or security measures implemented.

leke · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:57 am Post subject:

That reminds me. Is my current user profile encrypted in linux or do i need to activate something to encrypt my drive?
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nelz · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject:

leke · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject:

Tried the live CD. Turns out my user account isn't encrypted. hmmm...am I paranoid enough?
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nelz · Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject:

It's not encrypted so you're nowhere near paranoid enough.
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