[Discuss] USB thumbdrive, Linux only usage: FAT vs NTFS vs other? TRIM support?

[Rich Pieri]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:27:04 -0500
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

> USB thumb drives are inherently insecure without encryption. It does

They're also inherently insecure with full disk encryption. Once
mounted, anyone who has access to the system has access to the files on
the device.


> But, with a Linux file system, then the drive is as secure as a local 
> drive (Linux permissions).

Which is the same as "not really secure at all". Thus the rhetorical
question about how ext2 with modes 666 and 777 is at all different from
FAT. To wit: it isn't different at all.

-- 
Rich P.