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Can someone access your info if your laptop get stolen ? I see a bunch of videos on you tube on how easy it is to recover your password..
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Can someone access your info if your laptop get stolen ? I see a bunch of videos on you tube on how easy it is to recover your password..
Any way to make your data "hack proof" ?
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Did you choose to encrypt your home area during installation of Ubuntu?
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How to secure my laptop so that hacking by physical access is not possible?
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Can someone access your info if your laptop get stolen ? I see a bunch of videos on you tube on how easy it is to recover your password..
Any way to make your data "hack proof" ?
16.04 root
asked Apr 23 at 18:34
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This question already has an answer here:
How to secure my laptop so that hacking by physical access is not possible?
7 answers
Can someone access your info if your laptop get stolen ? I see a bunch of videos on you tube on how easy it is to recover your password..
Any way to make your data "hack proof" ?
This question already has an answer here:
How to secure my laptop so that hacking by physical access is not possible?
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Did you choose to encrypt your home area during installation of Ubuntu?
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Apr 23 at 18:36
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Did you choose to encrypt your home area during installation of Ubuntu?
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Apr 23 at 18:36
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Did you choose to encrypt your home area during installation of Ubuntu?
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Did you choose to encrypt your home area during installation of Ubuntu?
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One very good method is to encrypt your Hard Drive. This can be done at the beginning of installing Ubuntu on a machine. Setting a strong password will make it near impossible for your data to get compromised if your laptop is ever stolen.
Here are some good resource to get you started:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FullDiskEncryptionHowto
- https://www.howtogeek.com/116032/how-to-encrypt-your-home-folder-after-installing-ubuntu/
As for accessing your data if your laptop gets stolen, they will not be able to log into your machine if it is password protected. But if your hard drive or data are not encrypted, they can remove the hard drive and access it as external memory on a separate machine. That is why it is always a good idea to both encrypt your data and your hard drive.
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Or use a live USB/DVD to view the contents of the hard drive. I do that on Windows PCs all the time, for my job.
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One very good method is to encrypt your Hard Drive. This can be done at the beginning of installing Ubuntu on a machine. Setting a strong password will make it near impossible for your data to get compromised if your laptop is ever stolen.
Here are some good resource to get you started:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FullDiskEncryptionHowto
- https://www.howtogeek.com/116032/how-to-encrypt-your-home-folder-after-installing-ubuntu/
As for accessing your data if your laptop gets stolen, they will not be able to log into your machine if it is password protected. But if your hard drive or data are not encrypted, they can remove the hard drive and access it as external memory on a separate machine. That is why it is always a good idea to both encrypt your data and your hard drive.
answered Apr 23 at 18:37
Ali Nobari
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Or use a live USB/DVD to view the contents of the hard drive. I do that on Windows PCs all the time, for my job.
– Andy Anderson
Apr 23 at 21:07
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up vote
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One very good method is to encrypt your Hard Drive. This can be done at the beginning of installing Ubuntu on a machine. Setting a strong password will make it near impossible for your data to get compromised if your laptop is ever stolen.
Here are some good resource to get you started:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FullDiskEncryptionHowto
- https://www.howtogeek.com/116032/how-to-encrypt-your-home-folder-after-installing-ubuntu/
As for accessing your data if your laptop gets stolen, they will not be able to log into your machine if it is password protected. But if your hard drive or data are not encrypted, they can remove the hard drive and access it as external memory on a separate machine. That is why it is always a good idea to both encrypt your data and your hard drive.
answered Apr 23 at 18:37
Ali Nobari
384
Or use a live USB/DVD to view the contents of the hard drive. I do that on Windows PCs all the time, for my job.
– Andy Anderson
Apr 23 at 21:07
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One very good method is to encrypt your Hard Drive. This can be done at the beginning of installing Ubuntu on a machine. Setting a strong password will make it near impossible for your data to get compromised if your laptop is ever stolen.
Here are some good resource to get you started:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FullDiskEncryptionHowto
- https://www.howtogeek.com/116032/how-to-encrypt-your-home-folder-after-installing-ubuntu/
As for accessing your data if your laptop gets stolen, they will not be able to log into your machine if it is password protected. But if your hard drive or data are not encrypted, they can remove the hard drive and access it as external memory on a separate machine. That is why it is always a good idea to both encrypt your data and your hard drive.
answered Apr 23 at 18:37
Ali Nobari
384
One very good method is to encrypt your Hard Drive. This can be done at the beginning of installing Ubuntu on a machine. Setting a strong password will make it near impossible for your data to get compromised if your laptop is ever stolen.
Here are some good resource to get you started:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FullDiskEncryptionHowto
- https://www.howtogeek.com/116032/how-to-encrypt-your-home-folder-after-installing-ubuntu/
As for accessing your data if your laptop gets stolen, they will not be able to log into your machine if it is password protected. But if your hard drive or data are not encrypted, they can remove the hard drive and access it as external memory on a separate machine. That is why it is always a good idea to both encrypt your data and your hard drive.
answered Apr 23 at 18:37
Ali Nobari
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answered Apr 23 at 18:37
Ali Nobari
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answered Apr 23 at 18:37
Ali Nobari
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answered Apr 23 at 18:37
Ali Nobari
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Or use a live USB/DVD to view the contents of the hard drive. I do that on Windows PCs all the time, for my job.
– Andy Anderson
Apr 23 at 21:07
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Or use a live USB/DVD to view the contents of the hard drive. I do that on Windows PCs all the time, for my job.
– Andy Anderson
Apr 23 at 21:07
Or use a live USB/DVD to view the contents of the hard drive. I do that on Windows PCs all the time, for my job.
– Andy Anderson
Apr 23 at 21:07
Or use a live USB/DVD to view the contents of the hard drive. I do that on Windows PCs all the time, for my job.
– Andy Anderson
Apr 23 at 21:07
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Did you choose to encrypt your home area during installation of Ubuntu?
– Andy Anderson
Apr 23 at 18:36