I mean, why are we paying the NSA, if Congress has unencrypted laptops. Literally their role to recommend security methods for encryption of companies and US interests. That is what I wonder every time I’m required to throw away my bottle of water and remove clothes to board a plane.
> So all laptops they were issued before 2017 didn't have full disk encryption.
That's an illogical assumption to make. Not encrypted at time of issue != not encrypted ever. Who says all previously-issued laptops weren't encrypted at a later time?
No, it doesn't mean that. It's a possibility, but it's not what the comment above says. From this date X is enforced doesn't mean that X didn't happen before.
It could also mean a change in policy which makes official what was already happening.
For staffers, sure. But it's a better-than-even-odds bet that if senators and representatives raise a stink about how secure laptops are hard to use, they get special treatment.
Did you see the picture of Pelosi's desktop monitor? Pelosi was on the House floor at the time, wasn't she? Why wasn't there even a screen lock?
