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THIS IS BEING ACTIVELY EDITED -- make_vol WILL ADD NEW LINES TO /etc/crypttab and /etc/fstab: IF YOU WANT TO REVERT BACK TO ORIGINAL $HOME SIMPLY ADD # (HASHMARK) IN FRONT OF NEW LINES


BE CAREFUL TO SELECT THE CORRECT DISKS (BLANKS) WHEN ASKED - IT WILL WARN BEFORE MAKING CHANGES CTRL+C TO EXIT ANYTIME

What Is crypto_homes?

crypto_homes is a menushell script offering you the ability to make as many different encrypted home directories as you like.

This means if you have a 'sensitive' $HOME directory, you can keep that "virtual" $HOME working space on a portable micro sdcard and crypto_homes will automatically encrypt it using LUKS and adjust your fstab/crypttab to boot to that $HOME.

When crypto_home encrypts the sdcard home, it rsyncs and retains the original home directory on your disks, allowing for an easy restoration (currently simply hash out the new fstab/crypttab, more automated options coming)

Say you are traveling and want to retain your privacy in an unknown country. Maybe you want to run multiple home directories depending on occasion or opportunity (ie: journalist with sensitive files).

Our $HOME directory carries our most personal and sensitive files. It's essentially the computer for your given account.

crypto_homes encrypts the portable home directories and even turns a USB stick into an /dev/urandom hardware key to automatically unlock the portable micro sdcard $HOME.


Tutorial Video On My Video Channels:

PEERTUBE: https://tube.tchncs.de/w/cssAP6Syz9vUduCv99ExLN

YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Z9txf11RCt0

ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@RTP:9/howto-pinephone-encrypted-sdcard-+:6

Current Documentation can be found at this public Blog post:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/crypto-homes-ready-to-try-encrypted-sdcard-usbstick-key-creator

*** WARNING *** Under active editing: make_vol has been tested. Backup is suggested.. BUT WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR ORIGINAL HOME - NOTHING IS LOST UNLESS YOU USE WRONG DISKS

  • In future this will help manage multiple differing encrypted $HOME sdcards *

  • The basic functionality of creating the encrypted sdcard + usb hardware key is in. *

To be run as sudo/root, with USB/sdcard plugged in. For Pinephone/Linux phones/devices (disks set by user on run).

Automate making encrypted $HOME disks for virtual workstations, along with hardware key.

more info later.


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