Replies to post #75250 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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Wildman: Some very salient points:

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The security risks of these incidents could be minimized if the caretakers of the personal information encrypted the sensitive information — a process that makes it virtually impossible to read the data without a special code.


The laptop stolen from UC Berkeley was supposed to be encrypted this month, Felde said. The computer, which required a password to operate, was left unattended for a few minutes in a restricted area of a campus office before someone walked in and stole it, Felde said. A campus employee witnessed the theft and reported it to university police.
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-R