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by n144q 537 days ago
> I'm not sure I know anyone who's had a computer stolen, but I know lots of people who have lost data.

That's exactly where you got your priorities wrong.

Yes there is a tradeoff. But backing up your data is easy (especially in a corporate environment), while security is hard.

And computers do get stolen a lot all the time, just not in your circle.