Best Answer: Should I Encrypt My Ubuntu Installation?
Contents Should You Encrypt Your Linux Install? the Advantage of Encrypting Your Ubuntu Partition Is You Can Be Confident That an “Attacker” That Has Physical...
Should you encrypt your Linux install?
The advantage of encrypting your Ubuntu partition is you can be confident that an “attacker” that has physical access to your drive will be highly unlikely to recover any data at all.
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Does encrypting Ubuntu slow it down?
Encrypting a disk CAN make it slower. For example, if you have an SSD capable of 500mb/sec and then do full disk encryption on it using some crazy long algorithm you might get FAR below that max of 500mb/sec. I’ve attached a quick benchmark from TrueCrypt.
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