Over-reacting

Terrorism is a real threat, and one that needs to be addressed by appropriate means. But allowing ourselves to be terrorized by wannabe terrorists and unrealistic plots — and worse, allowing our essential freedoms to be lost by using them as an excuse — is wrong.

TrueCrypt

I think this is GREAT software. The ability to make encrypted disks anywhere on your computer (or USB memory device) is a boon to security nuts like me. And the encryption that’s available from this software is very, very good. (As an added bonus, it’s open source – so you can be sure the government