Palm-size organizers are essentially small computers--and now, you can encrypt your Palm Pilot data to protect it from prying eyes. But there is a big advantage that personal organizers have when used for encryption. Unlike even a laptop, it is practical to carry your personal organizer with you wherever you go, never letting it out of your sight. Even if you have chosen a secure passphrase to encrypt all your private keys on a desktop computer, it is possible that your computer could be tampered with while you are away, to reveal that pass phrase to someone the next time you type it in.
News: Cryptography
