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Subject: Re: Protect for HP48 (attn: Bill Wickes)
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Date: 13 Apr 91 22:02:02 GMT
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In article <28073ba1:2013.4comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
On the subject of password protection...
>Also, I would
>recommend using the CRC code and/or bytes (or some crypt algorithm) to
>encode any data that is THAT vulnerable...

I would recommend simple backups for data that is THAT valuable.

If you're worried about prying eyes, don't keep it on your calculator.
If you're worried about someone destroying your data. The purge key
combination will kill it no matter WHAT security program you use...


"There was this paperboy, and he kept crossing through my yard.  Well, I didn't
like that, so I went and put up a fence. And well, I'll be if that paper boy
didn't just climb right over that fence."


I guess I'm just naive...


-dst