I think Anuti didn’t mean it will be the end because of licensing but more like the law in the UK. Give up your password or go to jail. It seems to me that he meant in future you won’t be “allowed” to use encryption (could be mistaken about this comment though)

It is then to be except that for DRM purposes there will be an exemption (my reply). Nothing to do with copyrighting math/encryption, just politics. They can’t stop you using it like they can’t stop you speeding but you can convict you for it afterwards once the law changes.

Going a bit further off topic here.

On software/hardware level there is also a lot of effort going into that direction. A lot of newer devices are removing all user control so in future there may not be a choice. Microsoft blocks software on Win8 considered “incompatible”. Tablets depend on the “stores” for their software.

Devices/software with the level of user control like arduino boards, linux, freebsd might not be available/allowed in future if the MAFIAA, terrorist and child abuse scare tactics work.

How will you encrypt (without backdoor) anything without access to the required programs ?

It is correct that creating a password is a big problem as half the internet needs a password for the most trivial things. And never use the same password for different places. The more passwords you need the worse it gets. (With TF at least commenting is still possible with a non existing E-mail address)

With only one machine, one cable connection to modem/router connected to internet using VPN and one external drive the difficulty is considerably less. But now there are tablets, phones, home-servers and Wifi which are used a lot now.

Here are some examples to consider after Truecrypt (and mega): backup, full system backup size, headless system restart after power failure, share access (smb safe?), all other netwerk traffic (external and internal). These are only just encryption issues. Try a secure FTP server setup for someone who can barely use normal FTP.

@Gene Poole
You can encrypt your entire HD with several partitions. It isn’t too difficult. The only issue is that there is no information was what happens to the MBR. You still want your system to boot afterwards. However from experience nothing bad happened (On XP). If you already have partitions filling the disk you would need to throw those away first.

On the assumption that there is free space for new partitions:
1. Make a backup if you want to be sure.
2. Create a new primary partition from the windows disk manager. Don’t assign a letter or any other option such as choice of filesystem. The partition only needs to exist. (With extended you probably need to create another partition in the extended partition but i am not 100% sure)
3. You can now choose it as a non system partition in Truecrypt.
4. That’s all (you might want to auto-mount some of them).

Just pointing out that the superior format won’t automatically triumph. And sometimes the reason is piracy.
I’m not too young to remember when mp3 became mainstream. Without piracy it would never have taken off the way it did.

Just goes to show you that giving the customer what they want sets the industry standard. technological advances are just one piece of the puzzle.

And it’s not always piracy, either. in videogames in the 80s and 90s Nintendo’s NES held its own against the superior SEGA Genesis console for years, simply because Nintendo maintained superior quality in their finished product. Due to the proprietary format of their cartridges it was virtually impossible to pirate anything for their system at the time. It (again) all came down to customer demand. Ironically Nintendo failed in the later 90s when Sony brought the Playstation to market with studio quality sound and superior graphics, while Nintendo had to stick with the inferior cartridge format. The public wanted better quality, so the Playstation became the dominant system.

It’s ALWAYS about giving the consumers what they want. Piracy only occurs when you fail to sell to the consumers what they want at a price they’re willing to pay.

As far as mp3 goes, do your research if you were too young to remember. mp3 players came along well after the format was accepted by the public. It was accepted due to the size of hard drives at the time, to save on drive space. mp3 players became popular because they didn’t skip like a cd player did, because before mp3 players people were burning mp3s to blank CDs

We got Mp3 because it was easy to pirate and you can fit a sh*tload on an Mp3-player. DVD-audio and SA-cd never got off the ground because the buying public appreciated the convenience factor and pirateability of Mp3 more, fidelity be damned.
Goes to show that technology doesn’t always progress…

“When the letter he sends to the only authority higher than himself, the papacy, ends with “…and the horse you rode in on”, you have to give the man credit. That was JFK-grade sack right there.”

True enough.

Comparing to kings though, Anon does take the cake with his “George III” impression.

“You were fine until the last one. Simple difference: The first you did it yourself. The last one you took someone else’s work without permission.

If you want music, make it yourself. Then it would be a compatible concept.”

In all of the cases given above, the person in question uses his own tools but may be using a pattern he obtained by copying the result.

And so it’s exactly the same situation.
Though the barber and chef may have designed the recipe and developed the specific haircut they too have no complaints coming. Even if someone invents a machine which will, in the smallest detail, emulate the chef’s cooking, the barber’s haircut or the musicians song.

Oh, dear, we’re talking about a computer, aren’t we? Possibly with a peripheral such as a DVD burner, a cooking machine, or an automated haircutter.