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> disk encryption and auto-login.

How does this work? I'd think that auto-login is a convenience that reduces security, and disk encryption would only be meaningful with some factor of authentication?

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You need to enter the key to decrypt the disk during the boot process, so having another password just to login is slightly unnecessary unless you have multiple users on the device

i wanted to do this too, but I have to enter my password to unlock my key manager (ie: seahorse on gnome), any way to work around this?

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