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I had an encryption requirement at both Oracle (for Windows) and Canonical (for Linux). For Windows they used some endpoint protection suite; for Canonical the
by lathiat 8y ago
I had an encryption requirement at both Oracle (for Windows) and Canonical (for Linux). For Windows they used some endpoint protection suite; for Canonical the functionality is built-in to the Ubuntu installer.
Also since I own a Mac as my primary laptop, I've just always used filevault there and it helps me sleep a lot at night. Means I am not concerned if it gets stolen, my derpy photos won't be in someone elses hand. I don't care so much about the hardware.
- mirimir 8y agoFor Ubuntu, are you referring to LUKS or /home/user encryption?
- shandor 8y agoDoesn't matter, both of them are offered by the OS installer and are easy to set up.
- Klover 8y agoFYI: only full disk encryption is available now in 18.04: "The installer no longer offers the encrypted home option using ecryptfs-utils. It is recommended to use full-disk encryption instead for this release." https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Other_base_system_changes_since_16.04_LTS https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Other_base...
- kchr 8y agoIf you want protection from someone booting up your computer in single/rescue mode to read/modify files you'd have to encrypt the entire disk (using LUKS, for example).