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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ced89" data-source="post: 1926491" data-attributes="member: 407595">I have the same warning, but I have it enabled.Anyway, I just got confused, basically the master key inside the T2 chip is encrypted by your user passwords, but if you enable FileVault, it will encrypt the entire partition (more than one) with those passwords, so file names can't be seen in case someone takes out the M2, but he also needs the master key, see below.It's basically impossible even with sophisticated super computers to crack it, plus, you should isolate the master key first, which is not easy to extract, the T2 chip has software and physical security in place, you can't just pull it out...Even the M2 is soldered, but it should be a bit easier to pull it out, always with the knowledge, skills and expensive tools to do the job.</blockquote>