&gt; I recommend you make a backup to your laptop, which you then encrypt manually.<p>You mean your laptop that was manufactured by a 3rd party, with a network card that was manufactured by a 3rd party? And you&#x27;re using encryption software that, even if it&#x27;s open source, you probably aren&#x27;t qualified to code review. I&#x27;m not downplaying the benefit of being careful, but unfortunately you can keep doing that pretty much forever.