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Disk encryption

Given the number of laptops which are lost or stolen each year, encrypting your hard disk is essential to ensure that your data does not fall into the wrong hands

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The password which Windows provides is not sufficient to stop a determined thief, but hard disk encryption is.

Truecrypt is a free disk encryption program for for both MAC and PC, with a negligible impact on performance.