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Encrypted Client Communication May Be the Wave of the Future

September 22, 2009

I predict that within approximately 2-3 years, lawyers in most jurisdictions will communicate and collaborate with their clients using some type of an encrypted network.
This will occur as a result of the enactment of laws to protect consumer data, and because of the inherent flexibility of emerging legal technologies.
New laws and regulations
A number of states, [...]

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Work From Home (or Anywhere Else) on Fridays

August 28, 2009

About a year ago, I started blocking off Friday on my calendar, calling it a “writing day.” Apart from the odd court date I have no control over, that block of time is inviolable. I use my Fridays to work from home (where I am right now), catch up on reading material, write briefs or [...]

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Five shocking ways your computer is at risk

May 6, 2009

Even if you have read our previous posts on data security and encryption, your computer data is probably still at risk. Scientific American recently reported on a variety of “side-channel” data vulnerabilities–threats of data theft through passive or mechanical means that bypass your software and operating system altogether.
Below are five frightening new ways to steal [...]

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Encryption: do it when you travel

August 1, 2008

The Department of Homeland Security just disclosed its official policy on laptop seizures. It says it can and will take laptops of foreigners and U.S. Citizens for as long as it wants, for whatever it wants.
How can they get away with this? Because an out-of-touch judiciary says so. Border agents can search laptops without any [...]

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TrueCrypt 6.0 out and looking even better than ever

July 7, 2008

TrueCrypt 6.0 was released on the 4th, and includes some great new features, including the ability to encrypt and hide the entire operating system for Windows users. It is also optimized for multiple-core processors.
TrueCrypt 6.0 is available for Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux. Get it here.
For first-time encrypters, last year I posted a tutorial on [...]

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Three (four, really) good reasons to go paperless

June 30, 2008

In the newest Lawyerist video, I describe four reasons to create a paperless law office:

Three (four, really) good reasons to go paperless from Sam Glover on Vimeo.

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FIRE DRILL! How secure are your files?

May 21, 2008

Imagine any of the following scenarios:

You returned to your office this morning to find it had burned to the ground overnight. You cannot salvage anything but a few crispy bits of your pencil sharpener.
Someone swiped your laptop on the train this morning while you were on your way to work. Nobody seems to have seen [...]

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TrueCrypt 5.0 released with major new features, Linux GUI

February 6, 2008

My favorite encryption software, TrueCrypt, released a major update today. There are two major new features:

TrueCrypt now allows encryption of the entire system partition in Windows. TrueCrypt has enabled encryption of non-system partitions before, but this features allows you to encrypt your entire drive.
The long-awaited graphical interface for GNU/Linux!

TrueCrypt is a free and open-source software [...]

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Another reason why data encryption is a must for laptops and all portable information

December 28, 2007

According to the Star Tribune, detailed personal information for 257 people, including social security numbers, was on a laptop stolen about three weeks ago. The laptop belonged to a vendor, Promissor Corp., who apparently does not observe the basic security precaution of encrypting information on portable computers and drives. I bet that would have been [...]

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A valuable reminder—keep your files secure

July 3, 2007

My office was burglarized over the weekend, a valuable reminder of the need to backup and secure your files, both paper and digital.
All the jerks stole was a few rolls of stamps and my video camera. Expensive for me, to be sure, but nothing particularly disturbing. They didn’t touch my external hard drive that I [...]

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