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Another Unencrypted Laptop Makes It's Way Into The World...
Link: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/05/stolen-laptop-exposes-personal-data-on-207000-army-reservists/
Folks, how many times do we have to have examples like this? A stolen or lost laptop, thousnads of people's personal information out in the wind. Whole disk encryption is neither expensive nor difficult. There's an article RIGHT HERE (http://www.officeforlawyers.com/lawtech/truecrypt.htm) that even explains how to do it for free!
And it's a heck of a lot easier than having to contact all of your clients and tell them you just lost their personal information.
Any device that is portable, or could become portable, and that has, or could have, sensitive data on it should be encrypted. Period.