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Espionage Brings “Tricksy” Folder Encryption to OS X

Written on October 31, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 13 people have commented

Despite being an avid OS X user, there are deficiencies in this great OS of ours and many of the ones I focus on center — unsurprisingly — around security.
In the plethora of accurate claims of superiority in Apple’s “I’m a Mac” ads, one counter-example is the ability within Windows to encrypt individual folders. While [...]

TrueCrypt 5.0 Brings Plausible Deniability To OS X Users

Written on February 06, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 2 people have commented

While I’m not trying to only focus on security topics, they just seem to pop up more often than not, including today’s serendipitous discovery that TrueCrypt is available for OS X. Security isn’t just about maintaining system integrity (loosely defined as keeping malicious code from getting onto/running on your system). A critical component is ensuring [...]

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