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  • "switch the drive to a computer that they own (and of which they control the BIOS), and enable root/administrator privileges in the OS for themselves" Are you sure this is possible to do? Why could a thief Not do the same thing as the evil employee?
    – Moab
    Commented Sep 16, 2012 at 16:47
  • Moab: Thief is unable to decrypt the disk. Employee knows passphrase to unlock his drive.
    – pberlijn
    Commented Sep 17, 2012 at 13:30
  • Why does the evil employee have passphrase to someone else's drive?
    – Moab
    Commented Sep 17, 2012 at 15:00
  • He has the passphrase to his own drive. The drive which holds the OS that he is not allowed root privileges on (with a number of reasons).
    – pberlijn
    Commented Sep 17, 2012 at 22:03