Heavily encrypt your entire laptop and have a copy of TOR straight on your hard drive?

Oh wait..did I give away my secret?

They have good forensics too, and not the wieners you see on TV with tattoos and cat glasses.

True, Ironkey is a pretty secure thumb drive. But they all eventually show their warts, and 256 AES is not THAT hot.

I can get into your Linux panties with no problem.

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING replaces good physical and operational security.

Sure, use a good encrypted thumb drive for your backup data, and keep it in a safe place that would not be looked for in a warrant. Use a second thumb drive to boot your laptop with (with a wiped hard drive). If something bad happens (keep a hammer handy) then crunch the thumb drive.

Regardless, it's all vulnerable. What we have to decide is how paranoid/vulnerable are we, and how far will the doughnut patrol go to get a misdemeanor offense.

This is a great post, but how about a board for ladies who could be rocket scientist.

All great points about security and encryption. Definitely worth having a board on it. If Google can be invaded, then none of are safe from the donut posse.
Saying that, I do hope providers such as Eve will contribute. Nothing sexier than a hot woman who knows her tech. I once dated a civie woman who was at JPL and was earlier involved with the programming of some advanced defense systems. She truly had a devious mind. That intellectual energy has to find some outlet.

True, nothing is ever 100% unbreakable (except maybe the code on the CIA sculpture?) But just like car "theft avoidance" it's all about making someone else's seem like a better target

Of course the "hammer encryption" is fairly secure, as long as you're thorough!

-tessen