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minus-squaretomalley8342@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoDon’t most Linux distributions not enable full disk encryption by default? How would that have improved the situation in this case?
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoWhile it’s rarely by default (I actually don’t know any that do by default but), it is usually a simple checkbox during the installation. And a provided password, of course.
minus-squarebryndos@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s worse than that, lots of these linuxes actually have this builtin virus called wine, which means they are really just windows in disguise. It also makes them look like a hacker to the FBI, that’s why TYOTLD has never come. Most linusers are getting dissapeared to guano bay. Far safer to stay on windows, linus is only suitable for real hackers who can grep their way into cia mainframe to expunge their records.
minus-squaremyserverisdown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoIt took me until the 3rd paragraph to realize this was cap
Don’t most Linux distributions not enable full disk encryption by default? How would that have improved the situation in this case?
While it’s rarely by default (I actually don’t know any that do by default but), it is usually a simple checkbox during the installation. And a provided password, of course.
It’s worse than that, lots of these linuxes actually have this builtin virus called wine, which means they are really just windows in disguise.
It also makes them look like a hacker to the FBI, that’s why TYOTLD has never come. Most linusers are getting dissapeared to guano bay.
Far safer to stay on windows, linus is only suitable for real hackers who can grep their way into cia mainframe to expunge their records.
It took me until the 3rd paragraph to realize this was cap