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One of the features they say they'll develop with the money is: "Encrypt user home directories individually" What does this have to do with Gnome, a desktop e

One of the features they say they'll develop with the money is: "Encrypt user home directories individually" What does this have to do with Gnome, a desktop environment?

NekkoDroid 3y ago
I assume it has partially to do with integration with systemd-homed (which has support for it). Last time I tried it, it was kinda not working and when I recently checked online about it I found a few issues/MRs about it. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/issues/89 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservi... https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4644 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4644
bongobingo1 3y ago
Will it have to use government supplied keys?
- mort96 3y ago
  No
- nativeit 3y ago
  I’d like to introduce you to my friend, open source software.
jdub 3y ago
GNOME has driven plenty of important system level integration initiatives. Because that's what you have to do when building a user experience.
redox99 3y ago
I don't get the point of directory encryption. So much metadata (and entire data) leaks to other places. Just use full disk encryption?
- PlutoIsAPlanet 3y ago
  It can be useful in environments with shared computers, or the home directory is streamed over the network. It's also much easier to disable/enable encrypted home directories post-partition.
redder23 3y ago
Does Ubuntu not already offer an option for that? I always encrypt my entire disk to I uncheck the encryption of the user (home?) directory that Ubuntu offers on installation because it would not make sense to double encrypt.
- lobocinza 3y ago
  systemd-homed is built around the idea of portable users. You can dedicate an external SSD for your user and plug-n-play it in different machines. For a single machine it makes more sense to just dm-crypt the entire disk.

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One of the features they say they'll develop with the money is: "Encrypt user home directories individually" What does this have to do with Gnome, a desktop e

by LeoPanthera 3y ago

One of the features they say they'll develop with the money is: "Encrypt user home directories individually" What does this have to do with Gnome, a desktop environment?

NekkoDroid 3y ago
I assume it has partially to do with integration with systemd-homed (which has support for it). Last time I tried it, it was kinda not working and when I recently checked online about it I found a few issues/MRs about it. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/issues/89 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservi... https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4644 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/4644
bongobingo1 3y ago
Will it have to use government supplied keys?
- mort96 3y ago
  No
- nativeit 3y ago
  I’d like to introduce you to my friend, open source software.
jdub 3y ago
GNOME has driven plenty of important system level integration initiatives. Because that's what you have to do when building a user experience.
redox99 3y ago
I don't get the point of directory encryption. So much metadata (and entire data) leaks to other places. Just use full disk encryption?
- PlutoIsAPlanet 3y ago
  It can be useful in environments with shared computers, or the home directory is streamed over the network. It's also much easier to disable/enable encrypted home directories post-partition.
redder23 3y ago
Does Ubuntu not already offer an option for that? I always encrypt my entire disk to I uncheck the encryption of the user (home?) directory that Ubuntu offers on installation because it would not make sense to double encrypt.
- lobocinza 3y ago
  systemd-homed is built around the idea of portable users. You can dedicate an external SSD for your user and plug-n-play it in different machines. For a single machine it makes more sense to just dm-crypt the entire disk.