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A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 112 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Seems like every week there is another reason why I'm thankful I switched to Linux a few years ago.

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  • [–] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

    Only thing I find annoying with full volume LUKS encryption is that it makes it difficult to resize partitions, it's a whole thing, but it's a minor hassle and not something I'd do every day anyway.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I like to use btrfs subvolumes inside a luks lvm volume for this reason.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    What? Btrfs subvolumes are basically the same as logical volumes. That's somewhat redundant.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Your correct. It is redundant. I think I needed the lvm layer to get an installer to recognize the luks partition. Can't remember if it's Pop or Fedora. That installer bug might be fixed now though. One day I'll check and update my drive so its just using btrfs on luks.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    VeraCrypt solves this issue. I leave my main OS unencrypted then simply store veracrypt partitions to the size I need and put files inside that as needed. I've dealt with resizing luks partitions and its not worth it. Especially if you build, maintain, or otherwise tinker with you system.

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