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    battery life impact of truecrypt

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by gekk_gad, Aug 28, 2009.

  1. gekk_gad

    gekk_gad Notebook Consultant

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    i know there's a performance impact (albeit a very small) when using truecrypt with full disk encryption; but i just want to ask if anyone did a comparison to see the extent of this impact onto the battery life of a laptop. thanks.
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 28, 2009
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    In theory there should be, simply because the computer has to decrypt and encrypt data continously.

    I assume TrueCrypt "physically encrypts every file" and not just the "file system".
     
    DetlevCM, Aug 29, 2009
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