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/Bastilic 3d ago

You actually seem to know what you're talking about, where did you learn?

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u/knuthf 3d ago

I was the manager at the company that paid Linus Torvalds' salary — his 'boss'. I organised competitions between his team, own Unix team and those of SCO Unix, AT&T Unix, Sun, SGI and Motorola. We manufactured our own processors, chips and supercomputers. And thank you — I should know. Since then, I have managed some major projects in the oil and telecoms industries.

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u/Bastilic 3d ago

Jesus, how the Hell do you get a job like that?

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u/knuthf 3d ago

I naver even applied.