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I am using TrueCrypt but I want to buy SSD with SED, it's Samsung 840 Evo. After firmware upgrade it "supports advanced data security features(TCG/Opal and IEEE 1667)".

If I set ATA password, would it make my SSD secure enough? I am not talking about NSA etc. I am just curious if you are able to crack it and read data from drive?

I have Lenovo Z500 - no TPM chip I guess and only 8 characters HDD Password...

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Is it possible to bypass ATA password?

Yes. So even though the encryption is super secure, it's a bit like having an unbreakable safe to store valuables in, and hide the key in plain sight.

Commercial forensic / data recovery tool breaking an ATA password within minutes:

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So rather than relying on ATA use a different method to manage the built-in hardware encryption.