To me the bigger takeaway is that if it’s important enough to encrypt, it’s important enough to keep backed up regularly. Even with password-based encryption, i

To me the bigger takeaway is that if it’s important enough to encrypt, it’s important enough to keep backed up regularly. Even with password-based encryption, if your drive/laptop is stolen you’re no better off than you would’ve been with key-based encryption (potentially worse, as password-based may be more practical to bruteforce). On the other hand if the data is backed up properly, at worst you’ve lost between an hour and a day of work regardless of if the laptop gets lost, is stolen, bricks itself, or is subject to a highly localized short-lived black hole. You restore and go on with life.