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by mbeattie 2978 days ago
Why would you have bothered encrypting the laptop if everything is in the cloud/elsewhere anyway?
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asperous 2978 days ago
You would still want to encrypt since sensitive data might be cached on the hard drive in plain text or credentials stored in an insecure way.
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rb808 2978 days ago
In case it gets stolen. But you're right if I'm worried about that I should be worried about getting a virus that steals my files.
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