| "! Don?t get me wrong here, I think it is fantastic that we will finally see some data protection happening at the hardware level so that when some bonehead loses a laptop full of customer data, the world is not going to come to an end." "Here?s the rub though. The Trusted Drive Manager software is a Windows only concept. Again, if it works, then fantastic. But with growth being shown on other platforms, I would love to see something like this be made available for Linux as well; understanding that it would be closed source." "But looking to the bright side of things, I am hopeful that this will dawn a new era of common sense with regard to taking our critical data into the wilds of the general public, only to abruptly lose it. I remain confident that lost laptops will remain a common theme, however if technology like hardware encryption can create some sort of idiot-proof buffer protecting those who have no choice in their data being lost, then I for one will be grateful." "Just an observation?how many computer users really need whole drive encryption? My guess is not many, perhaps 1 in 25." "While I agree that data encryption for portable data, laptops, external drives, etc. is essential to protect sensitive data there is no requirement for it to be closed source.
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