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It's important to note that whole disk encryption, while a strong mechanism for protecting your data against physical theft, is ineffective at protecting data stolen from you electronically.
Correct the encryption is to protect your data at rest. IE if someone steals your laptop or physical disk. Secondarily it would also stop LEO from making an image of your disk. Well they could take an image it would just be encrypted.
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[–] jumpingmac 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
It's important to note that whole disk encryption, while a strong mechanism for protecting your data against physical theft, is ineffective at protecting data stolen from you electronically.
[–] e0steven 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Correct the encryption is to protect your data at rest. IE if someone steals your laptop or physical disk. Secondarily it would also stop LEO from making an image of your disk. Well they could take an image it would just be encrypted.
[–] just-my-2c ago
Even then, you better hope it was turned off when it was stolen or used by an unauthorized person...