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Comment by jorisw

6 days ago

Logging the user out would achieve the same no?

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paolfs  6 days ago

No. Unlocking of the disk happens at boot time. Logging out will keep your disk unlocked.

Hybernate will also lock your disk.

Edit: it might depend on your hardware. The latest Macs are more secure while sleeping / logged out.

  • jorisw  6 days ago

    I've always assumed that (a derivative of) the user's password decrypts their section of the filesystem.

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