Re: Our neighbor

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: Flora  <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 22:07:58 -0500
 >
 > Our neighbor's house was burglarized this past Wednesday. A laptop and iPad 
 > mini were stolen. This is very concerning. I need to encrypt all our computers. 
 > Robert, what is the easiest way to do this?

 1) Android smartphones.  Here's a web site that describes how to do
    this:
      http://www.howtogeek.com/141953/how-to-encrypt-your-android-phone-and-why-you-might-want-to/
 2) iPad.  Only iOS 8 and later are supported.  Here's how to do it:
      http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-turn-on-iphone-ipad-encryption-in-one-minute/
 3) Windows 7.
    a) If you are lucky enough to have "professional", you have access to
       Macrosoft's Bitlocker.  Turning it on should be similar to windows
       8 below.
    b) If you don't have "professional", you can use DiskCryptor.  See a
       tutorial here:
         http://www.pcworld.com/article/242614/how_to_use_diskcryptor_to_encrypt_your_hard_drive.html
 4) Windows 8.  Here's the way to do it:
      http://www.isunshare.com/windows-8/how-to-turn-on-bitLocker-on-windows-8.html
 5) Windows 10.
    a) If you are lucky enough to have "professional", you have access to
       Macrosoft's Bitlocker.  Turning it on should be similar to windows
       8 above.
    b) If you don't have "professional", you'll need to use Veracrypt.
       I) The problem with veracrypt is that it is container-based.  That
          is, only files that you put into the container are encrypted.
          Everything outside the container are not.
       II) There is a tutorial for creating and using a Veracrypt volume.
           It's at
           https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Beginner%27s%20Tutorial
    c) Some people have mentioned that DiskCryptor works on Windows 10.
       Caveat emptor.
 6) Linux.
    a) Full-disk encryption.  I use dm-crypt which can be used on all
       Debian installs.  I don't recommend this for servers, however,
       since, if the machine goes down, it requires a passphrase to boot.
       Works great on laptops and portable devices, 'tho.
    b) Home folder encryption.  I use ecryptfs on my servers since the
       operating system can boot.  When logging into the server the first
       time, a passphrase is required to decrypt the home folder.  Each
       file is decrypted individually and thus slows down all file
       operations.  (I've also found that it is fairly unreliable as well;
       lock files, in particular, don't work as expected.)
 7) Other devices.  Please ask.  I'll try my best.