rickNS wrote: ⤴Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:39 am
And of " a lot of people do", most of those should not.
Sure there are some people who actually need this feature, those who travel with actual sensitive information.
IMO Mint is a distribution that attracts a lot of newcomers switching from windows or mac, AKA newbies that have no clue yet about how to deal with encryption in Linux.
The linux Mint installer is extremely easy and self explanatory to follow, i think easier and less crowded than windows, and the option to encrypt the home folder is there. For most newbies this option screams "security" hence my statement "a lot of people do, i did".
Yes, I frequently travel across continents and store lots of my customer's sensitive information on my laptop. I believe that anyone who installs an operating system on a laptop that leaves the house, which could be lost, stolen, or tampered with during a service at any time, should consider encrypting the home folder as most likely than not, there will be personal / sensitive files / accounts you do not want anyone else to snoop into. You said "most of those should not" but i see most people asking questions here are using a laptop. Even just having a basic email account linked to a financial institution for authentication is a compelling reason to encrypt your home folder, especially in today's climate of increasing scams and extortion. You don't necessarily need to store highly sensitive information on your computer to justify encryption.
t42 wrote: ⤴Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:23 am
I think, modifying iso is not enough as the latest package version will remain in the
jammy universe
repository.
As I understand it, Mint is based on Ubuntu. Therefore, the packages should already be included in the Mint ISO, matching the version shipped with the corresponding Ubuntu release.
Couldn't the Mint developers modify the ISO to replace eCryptfs with a working version? This would simplify the process for users who want to mount their encrypted home folder during the live session. Currently, users would have to manually replace the package, which is more complex and may not be obvious to everyone.
From a user-friendly perspective, it would be convenient to simply use any live session for system recovery without worrying about this issue. This improvement could also be added to Mint's documentation as an additional resource, considering that the option to encrypt the home folder was readily available from the start.