FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights

Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by sjwright on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @09:08PM (#20691845)

Be aware that any valid normal user account password can decrypt your hard disk—the exception being a guest account which forces the entire computer to restart into a separate, fully neutered system.

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @07:45AM (#20694478)

But someone at airport security turning the computer on still wouldn't have access to your user's files, presumably (?), because of user permissions - so they'd need to hack it (illegally, I expect) and why would they do that? In the context of this story aren't they just checking the serial number, presumably that's printed on the case?

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by jhabdas on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:43AM (#20693228)

Assuming you haven't switched partition schemes to something like LUKS with pre-boot authentication.

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by sjwright on Sunday August 18, 2019 @12:18AM (#20728211)

I'm assuming it's a MacBook that is being operated normally by a normal person.

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