SafetyIssues Personal and Public Safety News Articles: Tag: security Is It Possible to Steal Encrypted Data? ================================================================================ Staff writer for safetyissues.com on 02/09/11 09:15:00 Most people use disk encryption tools to prevent someone who may have physical possession of their computer from gaining access to their data without their personal password or key. These tools are supposed to be very effective, and people commonly assume that with the tools, their data are protected even when their computers are lost or stolen.