Micro-Ram recommends everyone follow the great advice of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and encrypt the disk on every computer you own. Windows users have built in support in Win7 and free options for XP & Vista via TrueCrypt. Apple users, please upgrade to 10.7 Lion and take advantage of the great new full disk encryption included in Lion. This is a simple method of securing your data from lost / stolen computers. It is also ensures a worry-free exchange of drives when your disk wears out or is retired. Modern Intel (Core i3/5/7) processors built after 2009 include hardware based encryption routines using the American Encryption Standard (AES) for a negligible performance impact.
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