ItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoA security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove itwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down15cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zipsecurity@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1720arrow-down1external-linkA security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove itwww.techspot.comItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square82linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zipsecurity@lemmy.ml
minus-squareDalraz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93arrow-down1·18 hours agoSeems like every week there is another reason why I’m thankful I switched to Linux a few years ago.
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-217 hours agoOnly 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.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoWhy not just encrypt the whole drive and then use virtual partitions within the encryption?
minus-squareslowbyrne@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoI like to use btrfs subvolumes inside a luks lvm volume for this reason.
minus-squarestatelesz@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 hours agoWhat? Btrfs subvolumes are basically the same as logical volumes. That’s somewhat redundant.
Seems like every week there is another reason why I’m thankful I switched to Linux a few years ago.
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.
Why not just encrypt the whole drive and then use virtual partitions within the encryption?
I like to use btrfs subvolumes inside a luks lvm volume for this reason.
What? Btrfs subvolumes are basically the same as logical volumes. That’s somewhat redundant.