32.5 Physically Protecting Data

We decided not the encrypt the whole disk because that renders unattended reboots impossible. Have yet to explore encrypting the home folders. Also still to explore encrypted rootfs.

Perhaps there is the need for an emergency remote wipe: connect via ssh from an Android app and run wipe as root over all disk drives. Be careful! Backups should be encrypted.

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