PGP swap to disk?

[Johan Wevers]

Art Hampton wrote:

> What attack is being countered by preventing a swap to disk?
 
Someone physically examining the harddisk, for Linux for example with some
ext2 tools that can undelete deleted files. If this is a risk you need
considering depends on your situation. If the NSA is after you you would, if
you don't want your little sister to read your fiules you probably won't.

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