Comments on: The Top 12 Applications That Fit On A USB Drive For Travelers https://foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-12-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-12-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14436 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:28:14 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-14-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14436 Thanks again David, another great comment!

I’ve added you to my RSS reader, I’ll be following along from now on.

Thanks again,
foXnoMad

]]> By: David Szpunar https://foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-12-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14435 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:23:05 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-14-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14435 Yes I agree that the hidden volume feature is well done, useful, and excellent! Although I have not managed to find a situation in which I would personally have much of a need. In the US, being forced to decrypt an encrypted file has been ruled a violation of 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination recently. However, things like this vary to a very large extent internationally, depending on the country!

Also, hibernation is available on an encrypted drive with Free CompuSec from CE-Infosys, which I have not yet used personally but have heard good things about.

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-12-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14433 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:16:42 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-14-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14433 Thanks for the clarification David –

Hibernation is a great tool for saving battery life, essential for the traveler who insists on bringing a laptop.

Although I use whole-disk encryption, I’d recommend creating a hidden encrypted volume if you’re traveling. Airport security in the US and abroad has and can ask you to provide a password to snoop files.

The hidden volume will keep prying eyes from realizing there is more data than just the documents folder and desktop. They’re satisfied and hopefully won’t want to confiscate your laptop.

]]> By: David Szpunar https://foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-12-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14432 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:04:10 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/2008/03/05/the-top-14-applications-that-fit-on-a-usb-drive-for-travelers/#comment-14432 Keep in mind that TrueCrypt only disables hibernation if you use it to do whole-drive encryption on a laptop (or desktop), where you must enter the decryption password to even boot into Windows. To create an encrypted file volume on a USB drive or a hard drive, hibernation is not affected. Whole-drive encryption is not even an option for TrueCrypt until version 5, released recently. They are working to enable hibernation support for whole-drive encryption in the future. Thanks for the link!

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