Tweaking Pop!_OS
Pop!_OS is one of few distributions to offer out-of-the-box support for full disk encryption. This is something that’s more relevant for laptop users because there’s a higher risk of theft. And without some kind of encryption, if your laptop does get purloined then the thief has access to all your files. They don’t need your password. Only to remove the drive and plug it into a different machine.
Other distros have support for home directory encryption (via ), but this has its limitations. The home directory is meant to be relocked when you log out, but if something goes wrong and this doesn’t happen (and there have been bugs that cause exactly this behaviour), then
