People may want to try TrueCrypt (free) which lets you have an encrypted "drive" on the usb flash disk alongside the standard one, definitely recommended if you're storing private data!
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Gary Templeman <gtemplem...@comcast.net> wrote: > The point was not to use it as the main storage. It is a backup and should > never be considered the sole source for important information. If it is > stolen the information should still be on the primary computer. And as an > aside, for privacy and safety concerns, financial and other important data > should be stored in an encrypted and password protected location on the > drive (and that includes the main computer at home, which people forget can > also get stolen). > > Gary Templeman > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry/Support" > <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> > To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:04 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Flash Drive > > > Just make sure it never gets lost or stolen and that you have a backup of > all that data in another location in case the plug fails on the thumb drive, > the most vulnerable part of the thumb drive. > > Personally I'd never "store" anything of any importance on a thumb drive. I > *always* backup any changed data to the computer in which the drive is > plugged into before unplugging it. > > Thumb drivers were designed to transport data from one computer to another, > not to be a main storage device. > > Thanks for using Legacy. > > Sherry > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > supp...@legacyfamilytree.com > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Simon Dick Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
