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There's no way to avoid worrying about the privacy issues. Too much bad stuff has turned up on computers since 9/11 for the Feds to ignore the issue. On the other hand, we, as law-abiding citizens, must be ever mindful to protect our privacy rights.

Other than execution speed for this encryption algorithm being in firmware in the drive interfact circuitry, I fail to see the advantage of this scheme to the "consumer", as compared to, for example, PGP's Whole Disk Encryption product. [No, I do not work for them or own the stock...]
(http://www.pgp.com/products/wholediskencryption/index.html )

There would appear to be much for flexibility, including the ability to encrypt to multiple private keys simultaneously, one of which you might store in a Swiss bank vault. And so on.

-rks-
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even Seagate is screwed by M$  Linux Geek | 10/30/06
So Linux doesnt  HexHammer67 | 10/30/06
It's all about the naughty bits  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
I see where your going but  HexHammer67 | 10/30/06
Linux has the same problem ... sort of ...  George Mitchell | 10/30/06
I must have missed something.  D-cat | 11/01/06
You didn't miss anything....  TasteeWheat | 11/13/06
actually  T2mg2003 | 11/02/06
Crap  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
The encryption is...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/30/06
The biggest problem...  ViRaL1 | 10/30/06
No, the biggest problem  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
Oh Yeah...  D-cat | 11/01/06
Hmmm, interesting but...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/30/06
Encryption method ...  George Mitchell | 10/30/06
That's not the point  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
Did you actually read the article?  George Mitchell | 10/30/06
Yup.  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
Lost In Post  HexHammer67 | 10/30/06
I Share the Concerns  sorrentino@... | 11/01/06
i bet...  T2mg2003 | 11/02/06
Right on the point. And there's more too.  Irritated_User | 11/04/06
Who else has the keys?  terry flores | 10/30/06
Nobody, if you lose the password...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/30/06
What about this stuff?  norwegian | 10/31/06
I think it sucks because...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/31/06
You mean just like they can already do now?  Spoon Jabber | 10/31/06
Read the previous post please...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/31/06
You make a big assumption that Seagate is "honest"  terry flores | 10/31/06
Post says:  Spoon Jabber | 11/01/06
Right! Only trust encryption to yourself. Reckon it smells very fishy.  Irritated_User | 11/04/06
Malware?  a1comp@... | 11/01/06
now if you're using this at home...  nix_hed | 11/02/06
Just Another Sneaky  Ole Man | 11/01/06
Price Premium  tretolac | 11/01/06
But what about 'back door' holes?  Irritated_User | 11/04/06
Whatever happened to the ZDNet TalkBack Preview Mode?  Irritated_User | 11/04/06
What this really is..  John_Doe69 | 11/06/06
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