How to set up an auto-mounted keyfile based luks partition for your home directory

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If you have no clue what the title is about:

The story is about encrypting the part of your disk where you keep personal data, keeping the key to the encryption on a flash disk (usb stick). And if you have it inserted while logging in it will automatically decrypt the disk! If not you get a normal home partition where you shouldn't keep any sensitive data.
Great tutorial.
"Anyone that carries confidential data around on their laptop has probably considered encryption at some point or other.

However, the typical methods seem to generally entail either manual mounting of your encrypted volume (a pain) or volumes that automount when you login based on your login information (not exactly secure as anyone who forces you to login will have access).

So what I have done is to set up an encrypted volume that mounts using a keyfile that is stored on my flash drive.

The volume will automatically mount when I login IF the flash drive with the keyfile on it is plugged in."

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