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The problem is the storage is not removable in the Apple Macbooks. It is disturbing it didn't sink the Macbooks. It speaks volumes of how little people care ab
by _ugfj 3y ago
The problem is the storage is not removable in the Apple Macbooks.
It is disturbing it didn't sink the Macbooks. It speaks volumes of how little people care about their own data. About their own privacy. There should've been zero sold. It truly is dismal and a very large systemic problem a laptop like this is sold.
Because when it breaks, are you going to wipe it and restore from backup? No. You will just hand it over to a repair person and even an ethical shop much less Apple doesn't even have a chance to hand the disk back before handling it. An unknown amount of complete strangers will access your everything. Your medical records, your banking, your private photos, everything.
And people pay real world money for this, money they worked hard for. It's unfathomable to me.
- robbie-c 3y agoWon’t it be encrypted with FileVault?
- mgdev 3y agoTurn on FileVault. Don't give anyone your password. Pretty fathomable.
- newaccount74 3y agoNobody has access to anything unless you give them your password. Macs have full disk encryption built in. If you aren't using FileVault, you are doing it wrong.
- ecwilson 3y agoNon-removable storage isn't the problem. You have identified one actual problem: privacy. But even this isn't a real problem if you turn on system-level drive encryption: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/volume-encryption-with-filevault-sec4c6dc1b6e/web https://support.apple.com/guide/security/volume-encryption-w... Soldered-in components make for higher quality, lower cost production. Anecdotally, every Windows machine I've had has failed. Every MacBook machine I have replaced after 4-5 years when I wanted to upgrade to the latest technology.
- angst_ridden 3y agoAs others have said: encryption. Even before they supported full-disk encryption, I made it a habit of making yearly encrypted disk image files where I store all my financial and medical data. I open them when working on the info, close them afterwards. Even some attack that somehow bypassed disk encryption (like a browser hack or something) won't get anywhere.
- neop1x 3y agoFileVault encryption is on by default. The encryption key is derived from the login password and the login screen has delays to avoid brute-forcing the password. Additionally, data in the flash chips are always encrypted by the unique key burned in the M chip (previously T2 secure enclave).
- _6vhu 3y agoThis reminds me of this investigation by CBC Marketplace[0], where cellphone and laptop repair techs spend time looking through customers' devices. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXAXabAzbk0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXAXabAzbk0