Bricking an OS update/install is an acceptable risk if this kind of security is a priority. Either put up with a slower machine for secondary uses or use a machine with no expensive company secrets on it instead. If you ARE at risk of theft and theft of sensitive data, then you absolutely want to make this kind of security first priority. A fast machine with a SSD might not be fully crippled but you would be sacrificing significant performance none the less. (Hence the comment about a good fit for someone like an FBI agent or CEO with business secrets on their machine that someone would be motivated to steal and access.)Īnything in or out of the drive is encrypted/decrypted and this is obviously a performance hit. Specifically protection from physical access to your drive. It would not protect you online or in any other way. This is security against physical access to your hard drive. You need to understand what Filevault actually is. after things have settled) to then look into whether Filevault is enabled, as a possible issue? Maybe it would be more reasoned to offer the suggestion that if anyone has experienced slow down after a period of a few days from updating or installing MacOS (i.e. So let's not push out such alarmist information based on hearsay, eh?
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But in my experience after having a mac stolen at a live gig i was so glad that i had the security offered to me enabled, and certainly no 'real world' performance impact. If you've some firsthand experience of this happening, then by all means relay it back. Only applicable to a Bank CEO/FBI Agent - what a stupid thing to say, this whole post is really scare mongering beyond belief and pro-actively promoting ignorance and ill-advice to fellow users that is not to their benefit. Secondly, I have 4 machines running ALL with filevault, and as someone who relies on those machines professionally to earn a living, filevault is huge piece of mind for all my hardware for not only my own personal data but for my customers also. Firstly, It doesn't severely sacrifice performance whatsoever, particularly if you're running an SSD.