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The fundamental security of macOS, if you change your password. That plus the fact that every time you go online through your cell connection or the campus network you get a different IP for that session. So unless the bad guy knows exactly where and when you are on the net, they cannot know your exact IP.So again, whats to stop someone who has your IP address from doing a remote terminal command and simply entering the user account password when prompted?
Your new passwordIf entry of the user account password makes the drive fully accessible locally, whats preventing it being accessible to someone remotely who has a good knowledge of all the terminal command AND the user account pw?
Your new password.What would also then stop them from uploading some form of malware or trojan to that same drive?
If you give away your password, nothing protects you from access.
And with that, I'm done here. Nothing I say is going to make you trust the computer or the internet. Good luck with it.