[Feature Request] Unlock LUCKS partitions and boot using a private Gnupg key.

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux
Domain
cryptography, operating-systems, security

Research direction

Start by reviewing the Yubico and Nitrokey documentation linked in the issue, then map how the live installer currently configures LUKS unlocking and boot credentials. Define the supported private-key workflow, including whether key creation is in scope; done means the installer can configure and boot with the supported hardware-key setup.

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Description

Yubikey and nitrokey are two usb keys that supports Gnupg, it should be possible for the live installer to support them and use those to set up unlocking of the system.
It might be feasible to include the possibility to create GnuPG keys on such devices if that function is also implemented in the live installer.

Documentation:
https://docs.yubico.com/
https://docs.nitrokey.com/

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