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TazeTSchnitzel
on April 30, 2012
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encryption is not gravy
If you install Ubuntu with home folder encryption, it gives you the "unravelled" encryption key for you to write down somewhere.
Seems like a good idea: If you forget your passphrase, you can recover your data with this.
darklajid
on April 30, 2012
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The product he's talking about in the end does the same. If you join Sync (at least that's what I remember what happened..) you'll create an account and see a long generated key. You're asked to store it somewhere safely/to print & file it.
simonbrown
on April 30, 2012
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If you're using separate passphrases for everything, surely that would be no more secure than writing the passphrase down?
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Seems like a good idea: If you forget your passphrase, you can recover your data with this.