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    Asus Data Security Manager

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Kingpinner, Jun 11, 2007.

  1. Kingpinner

    Kingpinner Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is it exactly, it asks me to accept the terms before it runs the program, but I thought id quikly check before I do anything (this is one of the preinstalled software on my g1s)

    Im guessing, its a file/folder encryption software?

    is it good, bad, if this has already been discussed somewhere, please gimme a link, and sorry for creating new thread. :)
     
    Kingpinner, Jun 11, 2007
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  2. B737Capt

    B737Capt Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was wondering what this does myself. Anyone have a link or some info?
     
    B737Capt, Sep 25, 2007
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  3. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I'm not sure what it does, but I'm sure it's pretty useless to 99.8% of all the users out there, and moreover, it's buggy -- it causes stuttering issues when accessing files on the hard drive.

    I suggest (rather strongly) to remove it.

    See also a useful thread on what other software to remove from the G1S (and other notebooks). (Search for it, I don't have a link now)
     
    E.B.E., Sep 25, 2007
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  4. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    I used it to encrypt my private files/folders so that others cannot access the files/folders without my password... Is there any other program which offer similar function? As I've found it useful but it does cause stuttering issue when listening music :p
     
    niGht kiD, Oct 4, 2007
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  5. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Dunno if there are similar programs, there should be... maybe commercial though. Google for it.

    But are there really so sensitive privacy issues with your data that you need to isolate it using this feature? I doubt most users need to do that... Maybe you were just playing with it :)
     
    E.B.E., Oct 5, 2007
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    SusanS Notebook Consultant

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    Is there a better way to secure confidential HIPPA-protected (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) information? I have a responsibility to do this and I'd like to know the best way for a non-expert computer user to accomplish this--one (me) without access to an IT department. Right now the only way I can see is to use paper files. They are overrunning my office.
     
    SusanS, Oct 5, 2007
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  7. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Right, so you were not just playing with it. :) There was always the possibility that you were part of those 0.8% of users who actually need such software, and I did not eliminate it.

    There might be 3rd party, less buggy TPM drivers/utils, but I'm not the one to give info about them, never used it...

    Personally, I would store private files in a password-protected ZIP file, and that'd be enough for me :) I'm sure it's not enough for you though.
     
    E.B.E., Oct 5, 2007
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