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<blockquote data-quote="Chigwells" data-source="post: 1029554" data-attributes="member: 1154">Hi all, I have to secure my devices as a &#039;nosy neighbor&#039; is moving in. Just wanted to make sure I do it correctly and securely.Have a couple of laptops, ThinkPad T470s W11 Pro 500GB SSD, and a ThinkPad T440s W10 Pro 250GB SSD, with a couple of 2TB external HDDs and various USB sticks.My Android phone I use the fingerprint reader, which I like and feels secureAm I on the right track here:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I need to set a password on the UEFI, after I make sure the boot sequence is set in the right order, so it can&#039;t be booted to a bootable USB</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Full laptop encryption, Bitlocker I guess. I read that encryption can slow things down? In both laptops there is only the single partition with system and personal files all together</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I&#039;m not sure what Secure Boot is, guess I need to learn. <a href="https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/blacklotus-becomes-first-uefi-bootkit.html" target="_blank">BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I&#039;ve tried to grasp what Virtualisation and Hyper-V, but don&#039;t really get it</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The external HDDs and the USB sticks I would encrypt with Veracrypt</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I store all my passwords in Bitwarden</li>
</ol>Here&#039;s some screenshots, which I don&#039;t really understand but believe they are relevant[ATTACH=full]273461[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]273462[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]273463[/ATTACH]Many thanks for all suggestions, Chig</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chigwells, post: 1029554, member: 1154"] Hi all, I have to secure my devices as a 'nosy neighbor' is moving in. Just wanted to make sure I do it correctly and securely. Have a couple of laptops, ThinkPad T470s W11 Pro 500GB SSD, and a ThinkPad T440s W10 Pro 250GB SSD, with a couple of 2TB external HDDs and various USB sticks. My Android phone I use the fingerprint reader, which I like and feels secure Am I on the right track here: [LIST=1] [*]I need to set a password on the UEFI, after I make sure the boot sequence is set in the right order, so it can't be booted to a bootable USB [*]Full laptop encryption, Bitlocker I guess. I read that encryption can slow things down? In both laptops there is only the single partition with system and personal files all together [*]I'm not sure what Secure Boot is, guess I need to learn. [URL='https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/blacklotus-becomes-first-uefi-bootkit.html']BlackLotus Becomes First UEFI Bootkit Malware to Bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11[/URL] [*]I've tried to grasp what Virtualisation and Hyper-V, but don't really get it [*]The external HDDs and the USB sticks I would encrypt with Veracrypt [*]I store all my passwords in Bitwarden [/LIST] Here's some screenshots, which I don't really understand but believe they are relevant [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678487840735.png"]273461[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="819px" alt="1678487852252.png"]273462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1678487885652.png"]273463[/ATTACH] Many thanks for all suggestions, Chig [/QUOTE]

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