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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 58943" data-source="post: 835656"><p>Gaming rigs are gaming rigs. I consider them compromised devices. So sensitive information wouldn't be stored there unless precautions are taken, like a dual boot system with a segregated drive and active encryption. However, to be honest, anything really sensitive wouldn't even be on a computer capable of connecting to the internet at all.</p><p></p><p>However, in all fairness, how do we define 'sensitive' information for the average consumer? What does sensitive entail? We're not dealing with state secrets, and the simple act of using a good password manager, anonymous browser, VPN, and file encryption is going to be more than enough to guard those family photos and resumes. (even on gaming rigs) Financial accounts are generally by default well protected these days. Anyone that has tried to login to their Chase Account from a different device/IP/location/browser knows the struggle is real and any compromise of a card/account is protected and insured anyway.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I would classify my own sensitive information as things like medical records, birth certificates, various legal documents, registrations, stock options and other such things. None of those would ever see life sitting on anything connected to the internet. They're physically locked in a safe. Family photos encrypted, then placed on an encrypted zero knowledge cloud drive is going to exclude any potential compromise and deploying them on that is supremely easy to accomplish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 58943, post: 835656"] Gaming rigs are gaming rigs. I consider them compromised devices. So sensitive information wouldn't be stored there unless precautions are taken, like a dual boot system with a segregated drive and active encryption. However, to be honest, anything really sensitive wouldn't even be on a computer capable of connecting to the internet at all. However, in all fairness, how do we define 'sensitive' information for the average consumer? What does sensitive entail? We're not dealing with state secrets, and the simple act of using a good password manager, anonymous browser, VPN, and file encryption is going to be more than enough to guard those family photos and resumes. (even on gaming rigs) Financial accounts are generally by default well protected these days. Anyone that has tried to login to their Chase Account from a different device/IP/location/browser knows the struggle is real and any compromise of a card/account is protected and insured anyway. Personally, I would classify my own sensitive information as things like medical records, birth certificates, various legal documents, registrations, stock options and other such things. None of those would ever see life sitting on anything connected to the internet. They're physically locked in a safe. Family photos encrypted, then placed on an encrypted zero knowledge cloud drive is going to exclude any potential compromise and deploying them on that is supremely easy to accomplish. [/QUOTE]
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