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What you will need 📋

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  • A USB drive
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  • A computer with Linux 🐧🖥
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  • The ability to read instructions and to follow them 🧠
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  1. Install cryptsetup
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$ sudo pacman -S cryptsetup

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  1. Backup any information on the USB stick because this process involves formatting the USB drive.
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  1. Formatting USB.
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$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdX

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The X being your USB drive.

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Press the following keys:
+o
+n
+Press enter for the rest
+w

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  1. Encryption time!
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$ sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdX1

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  1. Decrypt USB
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$ sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdX1 USB

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Note: The first password is your root user password, not the encryption password. I have sadly made this mistake in the past.

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  1. Format the Encrypted Partition
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$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/USB

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Depending on the size of the USB, this may take some time. For me, it took 3 minutes.

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Step 7: Mount the Encrypted Partition

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$ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/USB

+$ sudo mount /dev/mapper/USB /mnt/USB

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Finished ✅

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I hope your password is good, make sure to memorize it or save it in a password manager!

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