said by Shady Bimmer:So you think full disk encryption on a laptop drive is going overboard (your words, not mine)?
You can point this out to me? I don't own a laptop. I use one for work and it is encrypted with BitLocker. If my work laptop becomes corrupted and cannot be read it is not an issue, there is nothing of value stored on it, it is a tool.
I cannot advise someone else on how much security they should have. I can create a layered security solution that offers much protection, but it still will not prevent a determined organization from obtaining the data while still being useful.
Case in point as soon as the machine connects to a device, network, or other machine you have created a hole in the security.
When you figure that we're running billions of lines of code, written by millions of different people, on thousands of hardware combinations it is amazing that anything works and your security can be compromised by any link in the chain.