4 ms·Why would you have bothered encrypting the laptop if everything is in the cloud/elsewhere anyway?by mbeattie 8y agoWhy would you have bothered encrypting the laptop if everything is in the cloud/elsewhere anyway?asperous 8y agoYou would still want to encrypt since sensitive data might be cached on the hard drive in plain text or credentials stored in an insecure way.rb808 8y agoIn case it gets stolen. But you're right if I'm worried about that I should be worried about getting a virus that steals my files.