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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamindaines" data-source="post: 313501" data-attributes="member: 8386"><p>What file vault does it encrypt your home folder like you said, but you can still have full access to it because you are logged in with your password. If someone stole your laptop they wouldn't have your password so they would need to locate your home folder (making it so it doesn't show up in Spotlight helps with that) and then break the encryption, which is difficult. The average thief would just give up after seeing that it's encrypted and reformat your hard drive, never seeing any of your sensitive personal data (credit card numbers, phone number, address, ect)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benjamindaines, post: 313501, member: 8386"] What file vault does it encrypt your home folder like you said, but you can still have full access to it because you are logged in with your password. If someone stole your laptop they wouldn't have your password so they would need to locate your home folder (making it so it doesn't show up in Spotlight helps with that) and then break the encryption, which is difficult. The average thief would just give up after seeing that it's encrypted and reformat your hard drive, never seeing any of your sensitive personal data (credit card numbers, phone number, address, ect) [/QUOTE]
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