Is encrypting a /home directory suggested?

[Jamie Paul Griffin]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 01:12:52PM +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> On 19 December 2011 12:35, LinuxIsOne <reallife at hmamail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is encrypting a /home directory (a separate partition in my case) is
> > really recommended?
> 
> Not unless you need to protect the data there in case your machine
> gets stolen or hacked.
> 
> Colin

I personally feel any form added security is a good idea these days, it certainly isn't a bad idea to encrypt it.
-- 
	jamie.