At a certain point encryption becomes useless (Full disk encryption with a short password, or one written on a sticky note near the device, etc). I'm not famil

At a certain point encryption becomes useless (Full disk encryption with a short password, or one written on a sticky note near the device, etc). I'm not familiar with how Mac does things, but some of those solutions prioritize security over reliability and store the keys in a crypto processor that can't be backed up, leaving no way to recover the drive if they break.