ok, call me paranoid.....but I am not one to let MY data fall into the wrong hands....

tonight i had some fun......I encrypted ALL my hard drives with Win 7 BitLocker to start. Then i encrypted EACH INDIVIDUAL file folder (documents photos, videos etc) with AxCrypt. Then i encrypted each individual file inside those folders.

all the file keys are on a USB stick (encrypted of course) around my neck . each password or key or recovery key is BURIED deep in MULTIPLE folders (each descending folder is encrypted with various algorithms)

last but not least, anything i delete (files etc) on the computer goes thru Peter Gutmann's 35 pass algorithm.

when i comes time to replace hard drives i wipe the old ones multiple times using Peter Gutmann's 35 pass algorithm, then i destroy the disk platter by dropping it into the forge and folding the platter over and over until it is a lump.

emails are sent encrypted, AND embedded in a JPG image. Each recipient has their own key.

nuff said. geeking out eh!