When my system is booting, I get the following before reaching the log-in screen and don't know why this is happening:
Can someone explain what's happening? I find it cumbersome to enter my encryption passkey and password while booting.
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What is happening is easy: your disk is encrypted and cannot be read by Ubuntu and needs your decryption key so the encryption layer can then decrypt the disk so it can be read.
The advantage: If your computer gets stolen no one including the NSA, CIA, KGB, ... can read your disk.
The disadvantage: well... you have to type the encryption key when the system boots.
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