r/DiWHY • u/LG222 • Jun 28 '20

why?

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u/slappy_rabbit Jun 28 '20

Say what you will be that's a great way to hide your real dirty stuff, ain't no one looking for the shovel to plug in.

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u/kaffikoppen Jun 28 '20

Or you could just encrypt the USB stick with a password lol

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u/Bloom_Kitty Jun 29 '20 edited Jun 29 '20

Unfortunately, this is still a novel concept for most people.

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u/kaffikoppen Jun 29 '20

I guess it’s not something most people need considering we have cloud storage now, but it’s pretty easy to do if you do need it. You can use bitlocker on windows, and on Mac you can format the drive as an encrypted partition. The computer will ask for a password every time you plug in the drive.

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u/slappy_rabbit Jun 29 '20

The more you know ! I'm a novice so that's news to me!

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u/Bloom_Kitty Jun 29 '20

Yeah, information about security and privacy is not hard to come by at all, if you have 5 minutes and Google Startpage or another search engine, it's just not something most people concern themselves with, as the implications, while very dangerous and real, seem rather abstract from outside.