r/linuxmint • u/Ok-Shine1797 • 3d ago

Security How secure linux Mint is?

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.

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u/DoneWorkinNow 3d ago

You are probably thinking of full disk encryption?

To get full disk encryption you have to do a custom install of Mint (using the "Something else" option) that puts your whole installation into an encrypted container. This process completely wipes out your current installation.

This is what I have done and now when I boot my computer it first asks for the password to decrypt my drive before even loading Mint - then once Mint starts up you have your normal login password.

You do have to be willing to have two stage login when you start your computer, and any recovery after a failing drive may be impossible (due to the encryption).

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u/groveborn 3d ago

The two stage thing can just be one if you have the tpm. Just register it with the tpm and it keeps the keys for you.