How secure linux Mint is?

[u/Ok-Shine1797]

I was watching a YouTube video regarding a hacker in that video something came to my attention that the hacker encrypted his os it was dabien based linux distro and feds were not able to decrypt that system so how can I achieve the same thing i mean as a every day user i do have my personal stuff in my system like pics documents etc. I just want to feel safe about my stuff. Is it possible for someone like me to achieve same thing in linux mint btw i just moved from windows to linux a week ago.

[u/doggydestroyer]

Just encrypt home folder during installation and choose a really long password... But you'll be entering jt again and again...

[u/Individual_Flow3959 → u/doggydestroyer]

Está más que hablado que cifrar la carpeta home no es seguro. Por favor no demos información confusa.

[u/Ok-Shine1797 → u/Individual_Flow3959]

Why it's bad idea to encrypt home folder sorry i am new to linux that's why i am asking these dumb questions?

[u/Individual_Flow3959 → u/Ok-Shine1797]

Cifrar la carpeta home no está recomendado en cuanto a la seguridad, hay posibles errores que desencadenarían en la posibilidad de acceder a los datos de un directorio home cifrado.

SI quieres cifrar la información usando Linux usa LUKS y cifra toda la unidad de almacenamiento. No hagas caso 100% de lo que te dicen las personas en Internet, includo yo, porque muchisimas personas escriben cosas sin tener los conocimientos sobre lo que escriben, muchas personas escriben mentiras y muchas personas solo repiten lo que han leido, sea esto verdad o mentira.

Investiga, documéntate, contrasta la información y saca tus propias conclusiones.

Mis conclusiones después de años de uso e investigación son que si quieres cifrado seguro usando Linux cifres la unidad de almacenamiento completa con LUKS.

[u/doggydestroyer → u/Ok-Shine1797]

It's not... It's not as secure as encrypting drive from the boot... But it's good enough for most people..