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almahdi
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:46 am    Post subject: Booting OS by USB drive onto a PC Reply with quote

How come boot OS by USB drive onto a PC can freely access its HDD, so how can PC owner get salvation of this?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dm-crypt
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In other words:
To prevent the access of a USB-booted OS to the local data, the local data needs to be encrypted.
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