Autologin with disk encryption - eviltoast

Is there a security risk with enabling autologin when you have disk encryption with LUKS enabled? If anyone gets hold of the PC, they have to enter the password needed for decrypting the disk.

  • thayer@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’ve used this workflow for years and like you said, any attacker would have to know your LUKS passphrase or catch your desktop while the screen is unlocked.