• tuckerm@feddit.online
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    4 months ago

    Linux nerds literally only want one thing and it’s fucking the idea that your full disk encryption will pay off one day.

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      4 months ago

      It can, but most likely it only would if you’re doing illegal shit and get caught. They’d search your place for evidence and FDE could keep them from discovering some things.

      But uh, if they got that far into investigating you then you’re probably already screwed.

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        4 months ago

        Not true at all. Governments regularly raid political dissidents. It’s a disciplinary tactic in and of itself. I’ve been raided for plenty of shit and never been convicted of any crime.

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      4 months ago

      Is there any reason to do full disk encryption, vs encrypting a single partiton or a folder with eCryptfs? It’s not like your /usr/bin, etc… needs to be encrypted, but encrypting it reduces performance.