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[Discuss] Most common (or Most important) privacy leaks



Please, flippant answers like that aren't helpful. TrueCrypt gave serious thought and ambitious design to this particular threat. Not everyone is safe & secure against physical threats. By a long shot.

I've had three incidents in my own life since September that I'd rather not discuss here. But do NOT dismiss me lightly.

Thank you!!!!

Pissedly yours--
-rich
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> On Feb 18, 2015, at 15:39, Gordon Marx <gcmarx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:
>> market-share, even a sophisticated user is vulnerable to coercion.  A violent
>> thug need only notice a Bank of America statement in your postal mail before
>> sitting you down in front of a laptop, gun in your face, demanding your bank
>> credentials and hence your LastPass master key.
> 
> If your standard for security is "must resist violent thug with gun",
> then you need to not do any online banking. Or own
> any...well...anything.
> 
> Best of luck with that!



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