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Why call it full-disk encryption when the EFI partition has to be unencrypted? (programming.dev)
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Sounds like a misnomer to me.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I'm using a large font in reader mode and I think I had the word encrypted showing without un onscreen.

You are correct, it makes a custom binary in the fat partition that is verified by TPM for unlocking/proceeding, that binary then contains the other parts to move forward.