floofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1608arrow-down18
arrow-up1600arrow-down1external-linkFed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s 'stupid' performance-killing fTPM RNGwww.theregister.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squareSolar Bear@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoData encryption and decryption without entering a password is a pretty darn good reason.
minus-squareArcticAmphibian@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·1 year agoSure, but does a grandmother’s Solitaire & Facebook PC really need quick encrypting and decrypting? Anyone not dealing with sensitive info doesn’t need one.
minus-squareShere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoYes, because they are the least likely to know they are a part of a botnet
minus-squareJuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoHow would at-rest encryption make it less likely that your computer joins a botnet, or more likely that you’d notice if it did?
minus-squareSolar Bear@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoThere’s no downside to having it. There’s many downsides to not having it. This seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Data encryption and decryption without entering a password is a pretty darn good reason.
Sure, but does a grandmother’s Solitaire & Facebook PC really need quick encrypting and decrypting? Anyone not dealing with sensitive info doesn’t need one.
Yes, because they are the least likely to know they are a part of a botnet
How would at-rest encryption make it less likely that your computer joins a botnet, or more likely that you’d notice if it did?
There’s no downside to having it. There’s many downsides to not having it. This seems pretty cut and dry to me.