[mholt]

> What benefit does encryption at rest solve for something which is never intended to actually rest?

That's the point of the article, luckily enough. "Disk Encryption is important for disk disposal and mitigating hardware theft, not preventing data leakage to online attackers."

> So what benefit does encryption at rest bring? Won't a hacker be attempting to take data when it's online (and therefore not resting)?

Yes (again, illustrated in the article).