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That is why I have stopped travelling to the US. Americans as people are welcoming, but their government is bipolar - they either let anyone in, or they go full paranoia mode.
I suspect that this is due to their religion - non-profiling is considered so important that they would rather inconvenience everyone than the very small minority who might be dangerous 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: non-profiling is considered so important that they would rather inconvenience everyone than the very small minority who might be dangerous
I've had this exact discussion a number of times. Profiling is not a bad thing so long as it is done correctly and fairly. As I'm sure you're personally aware, Israel does it very well.
Based on best current information, look for people who fit that changing pattern. One day it might be single men between 20-35 flying on a one way ticket and on another it might be grandmothers driving minivans across the border.
It is easy for me to say that, as I'm a professional white male in his mid 30s but I must fit some profile because I get stopped for additional screening every time I fly.
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If you're paranoid enough, you write your own.
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7zips got encryption. don't bother crypting much (one file with my old less often used passwords, and some client proprietary info - the latter I delete as soon as no longer needed.)
I think 7-zip uses AES; and the one rule for that: the longer the password the harder (longer) to crack. Anything non real word with length > 10 pretty much uncrackable without a real super computer.
My own stuff, source codes included, really only valuable to me - I mean anybody can write an accounting apps or sales entry/reporting systems, why would they want mine which are nearly always customised to a speicfic single client anyway?
signature upgrading ... please wait.
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PowerArchiver has PK AES 256 Bit
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I'll look into that. It's been a long time since I've looked at what is available. Like I said, Bitlocker just gives me shudders. One customer is a full "no one ever got fired for using Microsoft" shop. Looking at the things they deal with as well as the nonsense with Office 365, no way.
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7Zip uses AES256 for native (7Z) files.
For ZIP files, it allows the usage of AES256 or ZipCrypto algorithms. As the ZIP file format only specifies ZipCrypto, using AES will require something more than Windows "Compressed Folders" to access the files.
Generally the only time I use these features is when I need to send personal info (eg direct deposit form) to my employer over gmail.
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I have an old Batman decoder ring that is handy. I think it was:
A=1
B=2
C=3
etc.
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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That's nothing, to really throw people off, I had one set with:
A=65
B=66
C=67
...etc
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I went for the High Security model:
A = 41
B = 42
C = 43
... That'll fox 'em!
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That should perform better too. 
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Now you've done it, I laughed and lost my key. 
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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I may be able to help you there. I've got these X-Ray Specs I bought from a comic ad, and for a suitable fee ...
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charlieg wrote: Looking to stay with something public domain rather than commercial "I left a backdoor open for the <insert govt here>" product. I know, I'm being paranoid.
If I recall correctly... Truecrypt was open source too 
Anyways a couple of people I know recommend veracrypt too.
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Yes, and...?
Are you suggesting it had a backdoor?
TrueCrypt went through an independent audit, and its results were widely reported. While a few fairly minor bugs were found, nobody's made a claim it had any sort of backdoor.
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dandy72 wrote: Are you suggesting it had a backdoor?
Not, but after knowing that one of the main developers went to work for the government and the message on the official website when all happened ("WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues")
Let me say like that, with enough information and enough power computing... you don't really need a backdoor. You can crack it directly.
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It's no secret that researchers working on encryption regularly get spooked by, well, the spooks when they're doing a little too well. There was a well-documented case a few years ago about the FBI getting frustrated by their failure to access some TrueCrypt-encrypted documents. Of course, that could very well be "what they want you to believe". 
Nelek wrote: with enough information and enough power computing... you don't really need a backdoor. You can crack it directly
And enough time, like until the Sun goes supernova. But that's true of any encryption software, not just TrueCrypt.
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The emphasis was in "enough information". Some insider knowledge, a not so good random generation and the time can reduce drastically.
But yes... if everything about the quantum computers is true... it doesn't matter anymore. In the moment the first one is operative, all current security will be obsolete.
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I like your kids.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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If you're on Windows, you could roll your own with .Net and WPF in less than an hour. Use your own passphrase to create the AES encryption key, the files will be impossible or too expensive to decrypt even for "agencies" with nearly bottomless resources.
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You know, I happen to be bored silly with my current work (that will change to sheer terror as soon as I post this comment), I'm going to look into that. Sounds interesting.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Let me know how it goes. If you need any help, just let me know.
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Sounds like you should be more paranoid regarding your kids behavior than of bit-locker.
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Oh, I am . Now the youngest is 15, knows it all, and I'm a idiot. The oldest is 36 (gasp) and I am much wiser in his eyes. Of course, he has two little yard-apes of his own now.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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