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Chris C

Data loss? 

In Of Dell's self-encrypting laptop

Is somebody new to computers or something? "Data loss" has never meant "somebody else has access to our data". "Data loss" means, quite literally, loss of data (as in "the data cannot be recovered; it has been lost"). The technology this article mentions is to prevent data theft or unauthorized data access. Saying this technology will prevent data loss is like saying credit monitoring will prevent death.

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