This is why backups are important. But even if the drive is encrypted recovering data is exactly as easy as recovery from a non encrypted drive.
Like you lose the same sectors if those sectors are encrypted or not.
I mean Americans do a lot of dumb stuff. And I don’t think we need to make every thread American centric.
True if all of your knowledge of religion comes from pop culture I can see how someone might see it that way.
Like in Family Guy or other Seth Rogan shows Satan, Jesus and “God” are all depicted as equals bickering.
Thanks for your thoughts here. They’re interesting.
I’m guessing you don’t come from a region that has been historically Abrahamic. I’m secular myself but it’s interesting that you would throw Satan in there with the rest.
Just backup the LUKs header files. No need to encrypt them as they’re inherently secure as the hard drives they would originally reside on.
True. This does work. But it is less secure and much harder than just tossing an encrypted HDD into an e-waste bin. It probably is more fun though. 🤔
I would strongly encourage people to encrypt their on site data storage drives even if they never leave the house and theft isn’t a realistic thing that can happen.
The issue is hard drive malfunction. If a drive has sensitive data on it and malfunctions. It becomes very hard to destroy that data.
If that malfunctioning hard drive was encrypted you can simply toss it into an e-waste bin worry free. If that malfunctioning drive was not encrypted you need to break out some heavy tools tool ensure that data is destroyed.
That is a good reason to backup, but has nothing to do with encryption.
(For real though I have a backup of all of my drive LUKS headers stored on several media types on and off site.)
I mean if you have an angle grinder and a space to safely use it sure. But it’s still harder than just dropping the HDD off at an e-waste bin.