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0 pointsdotancohen4y ago0 comments

  > if you're fine with a burglar having the images and you cannot be ransomed with them (e.g. due to nudes), just write what is on the harddrive clearly and you're fine.

For the most part, just using an unusual filesystem e.g. ZFS will foil the vast, vast majority of attempts to read the data from a drive stolen from a home burglary (e.g. where the data was not the target).

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parasec4y ago

That's security by obscurity - either do it right (if your data demands it) or don't put any effort in it at all, IMHO.

dotancohenOP4y ago

  > That's security by obscurity

Exactly. And in instances of securing physical objects, depending on the threat model, obscurity can an effective barrier.

jrockway4y ago

Yeah, obscurity seems to help in the real world. The Presidential motorcade has a bunch of identical limos so attackers don't know which one the President is in. They, of course, have armor too. But the decoys add to the security, even if it's "by obscurity".

xboxnolifes4y ago

Sure, and don't lock your door since a smashed window is always an option.

jokethrowaway4y ago

The content gets stolen either way. You would save the money on window repair at the cost of losing a small deterrent (maybe a thief would refrain from making noise)

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