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Along with the hassle of opening the laptop, powering it on, and clicking About This Mac; you would have the security issue of entering your password while sur
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Along with the hassle of opening the laptop, powering it on, and clicking About This Mac; you would have the security issue of entering your password while surrounded by other people and cameras. None of the verification options seem very appealing.
- chapium 7y agoFortunately this isnt a big hassle on a mac :)
- clamprecht 7y agoMake a separate account on your Mac for just this purpose.
- sjwright 7y agoBe 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.
- jhabdas 7y agoAssuming you haven't switched partition schemes to something like LUKS with pre-boot authentication.
- sjwright 7y agoI'm assuming it's a MacBook that is being operated normally by a normal person.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoBut 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?
- peterburkimsher 7y agoI flew Etihad from Sydney to Abu Dhabi last week. They warned transiting customers that phones and laptops must be charged up before passing airport security in the UK or US. The TSA already requires that laptops and phones must be powered-on on demand to "prove that they're real". That's already a cybersecurity risk. I'm relieved that the banned laptops doesn't include my 15" mid-2014 MacBook Pro, or my dad's hand-me-down 13" mid-2015 MacBook Pro that he generously gave to me last week after I helped him repair it.
- coin 7y agoThere’s a ban on fake laptop? Why does the TSA care if they are real?
- BigJono 7y agoPresumably if there's a working computer inside the case then it can't be packed to the brim with c4?
- jandrese 7y agoYeah, someone would have to leave a Raspberry Pi zero sized chunk of explosive out to put up a boot screen and something close enough to a windows boot logo to pass a cursory visual inspection. In reality, the X-Ray should already make it pretty clear if there is something weird about the laptop's build. Turning on the machine is entirely unnecessary. Also, I have not been asked to turn on a laptop in many years, so unless this is a new development it is badly out of date.
- Iolaum 7y agoThe metal casing of many laptops reflects the xrays, hence you can't see anything inside them.
- gmueckl 7y agoX-Rays can pass through thick chunks of metal several times the thickness of a laptop. You just need a powerful enough source. I doubt however that such a source can be used safely in an enclosure as open as the securiry check machines.
- chrischen 7y agoTouchbar fingerprint reader to the rescue!
- justincormack 7y agoThese models don’t have those.
- GordonS 7y agoWhen you boot up, you need to enter your password once to enable touch ID.