iMac bypass logon screen

[MacBiter]

I'm sorry MacBiter but that's much too large a generalization to assume and as I said it doesn't apply to what I have installed on my iMac. There is nothing other than my name, address and telephone number and email addresses as far as identifying information goes.

It may be a generalisation, but what you've just listed is enough for identity theft.

 

[lclev]

On my husband's iMac I do all I can to have no logins. He will never remember a password. He has enough trouble typing in websites. He keeps nothing on it and just browses websites. No email, phone number, address, and he never fills out info on any webpage. I do all his iMac updates - as I know the password necessary for that. All our important info is on my MBP which has a required password for login and waking from sleep.

It really depends on how the user wants their computer but, one must keep in mind to never put in personal information. If he wants to order something it is done on my MBP.

Lisa

 

[pm-r]

The wasn't always the case, or was it?

As long as I can remember, all applications used to access the internet that I ever used always had a requirement to access the user password so even with auto login such passwords were not readily available to the no an authorized user.

I can recall using keychain access for such passwords probably since it's Inception, and many Mac users would tell me that wasn't necessary and keychain access wasn't very good protection anyway. I didn't heed their advice and used it anyway.


EDIT:

Keychain Access was first introduced in Mac OS 8.6 and has been included in all subsequent versions of Mac OS.

- Patrick
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[Slydude]

I would NEVER turn on automatic login - if your Mac got stolen you've just granted access to everything on your computer to the thief.

I have suggested the following to anyone considering setting up automatic login:
1. Automatic login grants a user access to most data stored in that user account. This is true unless you are preforming some task requiring you to enter a password in which case a thief/nosy neighbor would have to enter the password.
2. Don't use auto login on an Administrator account.
3. If you want to use automatic login create a Standard user account and log into that one automatically. Do not store anything in this account that you don't want others to see. I would also be worried about people forgetting the password should they ever need it because they never enter it.

 

[IWT]

I would also be worried about people forgetting the password should they ever need it because they never enter it.

Absolutely right. It crops up regularly in our Forums in one form or another.

Ian