Comment 14 for bug 1773457
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| Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote Re: [Bug 1773457] Re: Full-system encryption needs to be supported out-of-the-box including /boot and should not delete other installed systems | #14 |
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 ).