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On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 06:17:14PM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > That is the simplest way I have found. So far it looks good. Great! Just one piece of caution: you mentioned you wanted to use an encrypted USB drive because "rubbish and scam emails are getting worse recently". To protect against that, not storing the data on the computer where you open those emails is a good idea. It doesn't matter whether the data is encrypted: as long as it can't be reached by whatever unwanted programs come with emails, you're good. That doesn't mean that encrypting the data isn't a good thing - it really is. But encryption itself protects you against the case where soomeone else, through whatever means, has gained access to the USB drive. Also note that, when you've mounted your encrypted drive into a PC and entered the password, the data is, in priciple, accessible by all programs running on the PC. Including bad ones. So encryption is a good thing: but keep in mind what it does and doesn't protect you against! Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq