* If he has certain things that he doesn't want his wife to see he should encrypt them separately and not give her access, even in the event of his death since they are probably things he still wouldn't want her to see (secret sicko porn collection or sex chat logs or something)
* Don't be so quick to dismiss him has having a 'Hollywood marriage.' There are plenty of marriages that start out fine and with both partners completely trusting one another that eventually fail. Preventing some finiance information (or whatever) from being viewed by your wife could be a good thing (for you) in case she makes up her mind to divorce you; but decides to peek at your finances before actually telling you about it. [Before you start talking about trusting your wife, realize that people can (and do) change and not always for the better]
* If someone in government really wanted his laptop then jurisdictions -- even foreign ones -- wouldn't matter because they wouldn't necessarily be using the court system.
* Using something like TrueCrypt with a hidden partition could work for him so that he could keep some stuff from his wife/others while leaving the most innocuous stuff behind a password that she knows. [ That said, sometimes even the innocuous stuff can be used against you -- i.e. in court ]
* If he has certain things that he doesn't want his wife to see he should encrypt them separately and not give her access, even in the event of his death since they are probably things he still wouldn't want her to see (secret sicko porn collection or sex chat logs or something)
* Don't be so quick to dismiss him has having a 'Hollywood marriage.' There are plenty of marriages that start out fine and with both partners completely trusting one another that eventually fail. Preventing some finiance information (or whatever) from being viewed by your wife could be a good thing (for you) in case she makes up her mind to divorce you; but decides to peek at your finances before actually telling you about it. [Before you start talking about trusting your wife, realize that people can (and do) change and not always for the better]
* If someone in government really wanted his laptop then jurisdictions -- even foreign ones -- wouldn't matter because they wouldn't necessarily be using the court system.
* Using something like TrueCrypt with a hidden partition could work for him so that he could keep some stuff from his wife/others while leaving the most innocuous stuff behind a password that she knows. [ That said, sometimes even the innocuous stuff can be used against you -- i.e. in court ]