Do I need to encrypt my hard drive? Unless your hard drive contains lots of private information that you wouldnt want an identify thief to have, you could just manually encrypt some of your personal files. Let's say someone breaks into your house and steals your computer. What information on your computer would you be most afraid of if it got into the wrong hands? For myself, it would probably be my tax files as they contain SSN information and other sensitive information. So I just encrypt it using 7zip. 7zip is an open source archival tool (like Winzip) which I use all the time for creating zip files, but it conveniently has an encryption tool built in. For instructions on how to encrypt files using 7zip, read the article below.
http://www.medicalnerds.com/how-to-encrypt-zip-files-securely-using-7zip/
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