If you're looking to improve your security around the PC, make sure you check out TrueCrypt, a powerful, flexible, open source and free security tool that provides disk encryption in Windows (for whole hard drives or smaller things like USB disks). Version 4.3 has just been released and is definitely worth a gander.

Good to see 64bit and vista support while PGP is just promising it in press releases.

now just need wm5/6 support and evrerything will be great.

Yeah look like an awesome apps.

Just saw v5.0 was released, allowing you to encrypt both your system and regular partitions:

System encryption involves pre-boot authentication, which means that anyone who wants to gain access and use the encrypted system, read and write files stored on the system drive, etc., will need to enter the correct password each time before Windows boots (starts)

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Note that TrueCrypt can encrypt an existing unencrypted system partition/drive in-place while the operating system is running (while the system is being encrypted, you can use your computer as usual without any restrictions).

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Awesome stuff.

I don't have any use for the full-partition encryption but I do use a regular encrypted volume in conjunction with Portable Thunderbird on my laptop to keep my valuable (non-IMAP'd) emails intact and out of the wrong hands if the machine gets stolen. I highly recommend this for anyone who is in a similar position and worried about stolen data.

wtf megabump! parabol - wanna post this as a new news item and I'll promote?