On 6/21/2018 11:57 AM, Paddy Landau wrote: > If we were to accept your argument, we would say that there is no point > whatsoever in encrypting anything, and we should eliminate the current > option to encrypt the home folder when installing Ubuntu.
No; it is not that there is no point; it is that you misunderstand the point. The point is to prevent people from getting your data if they steal your computer, not to prevent them from modifying the computer. > We shall have to beg to differ on this, as your argument is unsuitable > given the current technical, social and especially legal environment. The GDPR is about keeping private data private ( and giving users control over their data ), not about preventing tampering with a computer given physical access to it ( which is impossible ). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773457 Title: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1773457/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
