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Absolutely. My previous laptop was a Macbook that I used to just suspend to RAM. When I decided to start taking my security/privacy seriously I decided I would start shutting down my machine when not in use. Even though TRESOR keeps my encryption key out of RAM, my RAM is still going to contain sensitive information when suspended. I can't suspend to disk because I've disabled swap. I did this because I use an SSD and wanted to avoid unnecessary wearing.

I suspected that I might be frustrated by having to boot up my machine every time I use it, because I'd become accustomed to suspend to ram. It hasn't turned out that way. It doesn't bother me at all.




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