Kazan — summer 2010

I'm taking a laptop on vacation this summer, and I've decided to be paranoid about data security and to operate in such a way that even if the laptop is stolen, my data should be secure unless someone uses a supercomputer to crack the passwords. Details:

• I've set a password to log onto Windows.
• I'm using McAfee for virus-scanning & web safety.
• SMTP doesn't encrypt your username/password, so instead of Outlook I'm going to use an SSL encrypted webmail app.
• I'm using Password Safe to store all the other passwords that I might need to use for the summer.
• I'm using a DropBox folder for all files I generate for the summer. That way if the laptop is somehow stolen, I can still access the files via the web interface.

With that approach, I should only have to remember three passwords: the webmail password, the password for Password Safe, and DropBox.