[Cryptography] Disk encryption

[Patrick Chkoreff]

On 3/27/23 1:23 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:

> I've never used disk encryption before, so I have some concerns.
> 
> My understanding is that each encrypted block depends upon the previous
> block (if not the entire chain), so what happens should an intermediate
> block become corrupted?
> 
> I ask because I am now using an SSD drive (which I don't really trust),
> but I was brought up on spinning rust for decades (no encryption).


I on the other hand have used nothing but full disk encryption on SSDs 
for over a decade, and on spinning rust before that -- and I've never 
had a problem ... YET.  So I too would like to hear an answer on this one.


-- Patrick