Hardware-based encryption will win in the laptop market
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| Software-based encryption required about 20 to 30 percent CPU utilization for
| cryptographic operations. CPU utilization using a Seagate encrypting hard
| drive was zero percent. What about overall system latency? The hardware
| introduces almost none; you are talking microseconds.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9802700-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft plays with the Establishment, so Windows will always be easily
penetrable, even with encryption.
Related:
Microsoft could be teaching police to hack Vista
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| Microsoft may begin training the police in ways to break the
| encryption built into its forthcoming Vista operating system.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2150555/microsoft-teaching-police-hack
UK holds Microsoft security talks
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| "UK officials are talking to Microsoft over fears the new version of
| Windows could make it harder for police to read suspects' computer files."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4713018.stm
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