[Discuss] Full disk encryption, why bother?

[bene at klatsch.org (Ben Eisenbraun)]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 09:24:47AM -0500, Bill Horne wrote:
> Anyone buying this device would do well to have paid-up life insurance: 
> the company is selling a UPS, but they're also selling "cheater" cords 
> that allow their UPS to power a "live" outlet with a double-male 
> connection cord, and that's flat-out dangerous.

It's not a UPS. You have to supply your own UPS to power their capture
unit. And it doesn't appear to power the outlet until after the mains
power is cut. That's the "Patent-pending technology" part I suppose.

-ben

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