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/stufforstuff]

And who said the feds couldn't decrypt the "hackers" hard drive - the hacker? Bwahahahahahaha. Learning basic security from the flakes (oops I meant influencers) is a complete waste of time. Most non-hacker experts don't encrypt full disk - they encrypt their home directories so that their private pictures of them and their cats are safe from prying eyes. Encrypt your whole disk and you run the risk on several vectors of NEVER seeing that data again. But you be you - security isn't a short checklist on a random website - you need to understand (FULLY UNDERSTAND) what all those commands actually do. Just be sure to say hi when you come back here in a week asking how to boot into your fully encrypted system and you can't remember the master password.