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On Sat, 17 May 2014 19:11:56 +0000 Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 06:17:14PM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > That is the simplest way I have found. So far it looks good. > > Great! > > Just one piece of caution: you mentioned you wanted to use an > encrypted USB drive because "rubbish and scam emails are getting > worse recently". > > To protect against that, not storing the data on the computer where > you open those emails is a good idea. It doesn't matter whether the > data is encrypted: as long as it can't be reached by whatever > unwanted programs come with emails, you're good. > > That doesn't mean that encrypting the data isn't a good thing - it > really is. But encryption itself protects you against the case where > soomeone else, through whatever means, has gained access to the USB > drive. > > Also note that, when you've mounted your encrypted drive into a PC and > entered the password, the data is, in priciple, accessible by all > programs running on the PC. Including bad ones. > > So encryption is a good thing: but keep in mind what it does and > doesn't protect you against! > > Martijn. > > Thanks for all that useful advice. I am going to move over to the new LTS version of Xubuntu soon and it will be a fresh install not an upgrade. So I should have a clean distro ready to use. I will bear in mind all that you have said. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq