Comment by cyberax
1 month ago
> I don't understand why anyone would use passwordless disk encryption.
I'm using it on my home server that I'm using for self-hosting. This way, if it's stolen, the thief won't be able to easily get to my data. At the same time, I don't have to physically enter the password if my server reboots.
They'll have your data if they just take the whole server...
And then what? They will be faced with a login prompt. Reading from disks is useless. My login password is strong.
Boot any Linux ISO and bypass any OS logins (secureboot would prevent this), connect devices over IO to otherwise exploit the login or just dump RAM content to potentially get data or even keys.
I would never trust OS login over FDE especially on desktop.
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