It's a false alternative. Encrypt your hard drive with a key on a thumb drive on your person. Problem solved: nobody can read your hard drive unless they physically get your key as well.
Yes. But then you're still left without your laptop. Under his scenario, he loses his hardware, it's inexpensive, so he just buys a replacement without breaking a sweat. The lost machine was already wiped so the reinstall was a given anyway.
I hear ya. But he was fairly particularly and upfront about his scope.
