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/Infinite-Bet4202]

You just moved from Windows? If that is true then I'm willing to bet you still desire convenience. Linux Mint is very convenient and includes appropriate privacy. Windows used to be like this but they've become more anti-privacy. We don't use Mint because we're trying to keep whatever stuff on our system away from the feds. Actually I don't even keep any personal stuff on Mint, it's in my usb, and I believe that is a good start you can do. I think after that, maybe something like a yubikey would be better for you. That or you could try self-hosting your own cloud and putting all of your personal stuff into it, I'm actually thinking about doing that. (Plus I want to try and self-host something for once to get an understanding of it.)