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Regarding turning on MacOS’ FileVault after it was not turned on for installation, it says here…
If FileVault is turned on later — a process that is immediate since
the data was already encrypted — an anti-replay mechanism prevents the
… Continue reading Is MacOS encryption as secure if FileVault is switched on after installation?
Take the combination of an encrypted disk with a secure enclave chip that never exposes an internal Key Encryption Key and throttles or prevents too many password guesses.
Seems to me that this should be capable of defeating brute force at… Continue reading Does MacOS Filevault + Mac hardware obviate lengthy login passwords?
Take the combination of an encrypted disk with a secure enclave chip that never exposes an internal Key Encryption Key and throttles or prevents too many password guesses.
Seems to me that this should be capable of defeating brute force at… Continue reading Does MacOS Filevault + Mac hardware obviate lengthy login passwords?
Let’s suppose a Mac OS computer with two users: user1 and user2. These users are not administrators. FileVault is enabled.
The computer is connected to an empty external hard drive for Time Machine.
What happens when user1 is launching Tim… Continue reading How does FileVault work with Time Machine?
Let’s imagine I have a work macbook with ssd and I use FileVault, and the company has the FileVault recovery key. I want to make sure my data is erased and unrecoverable, what is the best way to proceed?
I can do a full reinstall of the op… Continue reading Recovering files with recovery key after double FileVault activation – is that possible?
Let’s imagine I have a work macbook with ssd and I use FileVault, and the company has the FileVault recovery key. I want to make sure my data is erased and unrecoverable, what is the best way to proceed?
I can do a full reinstall of the op… Continue reading Recovering files with recovery key after double FileVault activation – is that possible?
Are there any open-source alternatives to gallery vault? Please suggest references.
Continue reading Open source alterntives to gallery vault [closed]
As far as I understood, FileVault provides full disk encryption functionality. What gets me puzzled though, is that once computer (with disk encrypted using FileVault) is turned on – username is displayed, before disk is decrypted. Thus, i… Continue reading How user’s name can be displayed before disk is decrypted, when FileVault is turned on? [closed]
I’ve recently sent my MacBook (running on Catalina) to repair by a licensed Apple service provider. The whole thing was simple (replacing one key cap) and took about 5 minutes or so. But I forgot to shut down the MacBook and only put it on… Continue reading Data security while MacBook is on lock screen
I’m running macOS 10.14, and have encountered a problem which prevents me from enabling FileVault. As best as I can determine, there are no free and convenient alternatives for full disk encryption, which has left me to devis… Continue reading macOS Data Protection without FileVault