[Discuss] Full disk encryption

[Tom Metro]

Bill Horne wrote:
> Oa k'wala wrote:
>> Any thoughts on the kind of security risk I might be vulnerable to
>> because I only encrypt my home dir as opposed to the full disk?
> 
> Many applications use /tmp or /var files as working storage, and they
> leave ghosts behind.

As does swap.

 -Tom

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