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Encryption help
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2026
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Don’t use a system you don’t understand.
There is no difference between deleting a file and encrypting it and losing the key.
Don’t start encrypting your shit if you don’t have a functional, operational, tested backup system in place.
Read the three sentences above again and make sure you understand them. Ask questions if you do not. It’s okay if you do not understand.
No that makes perfect sense. I know losing the key means by by
I do have a backup. The issue is I need a backup for that one if I were to encrypt this.
People will get all 3-2-1 about backups tbh you can just have a backup you know works and an older backup you know works stored somewhere else.
What are you trying to accomplish?
I figured I should encrypt stuff in case my shit gets stolen was all. Not a huge concern though.
If you’re just worried about your computer or whatever getting stolen, whole partition encryption at rest is the way to go.
That process also requires that you log out of or turn off your computer when not using it. Not everyone understands that part. If your computer is on and logged in when it gets stolen then someone could just not turn it off or log out and read all the data.
Of course that’s assuming you mean stolen by a criminal as opposed to confiscated. That’s a different thing altogether.