It's about bringing system designed with security in mind at every step to all who want it, but such that it's done seamlessly in the background so an average user doesn't have to concern themselves about security because the system takes care of security for them. And it does matter because it's still too large of a statical chance for file recovery when viewed from the perspective that it would be so incredibly easy to implement a secure delete of the home directory after it has been copied to the disk image (aka FileVault).
just created a new user account, created a new testing text file directly saved into the home folder of the new account, copied it a couple of times for good measure, enabled filevault,... booted off of the norton cd, and indeed those files where found and recovered... so, securemac is correct in its advisory.
"From my limited experience with FileVault, it securely deletes files...Or at least it did to me, when it nuked my entire keychain and nearly required a reinstall to repair" the issue of files being destroyed in FileVault is another bug entirely,... even though I hate being pompus, rtfa next time....or, if you're trying to be humorous, it's very, very dry humor.
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It's about bringing system designed with security in mind at every step to all who want it, but such that it's done seamlessly in the background so an average user doesn't have to concern themselves about security because the system takes care of security for them. And it does matter because it's still too large of a statical chance for file recovery when viewed from the perspective that it would be so incredibly easy to implement a secure delete of the home directory after it has been copied to the disk image (aka FileVault).
just created a new user account, created a new testing text file directly saved into the home folder of the new account, copied it a couple of times for good measure, enabled filevault, ... booted off of the norton cd, and indeed those files where found and recovered... so, securemac is correct in its advisory.
... even though I hate being pompus, rtfa next time ... .or, if you're trying to be humorous, it's very, very dry humor.
"From my limited experience with FileVault, it securely deletes files...Or at least it did to me, when it nuked my entire keychain and nearly required a reinstall to repair" the issue of files being destroyed in FileVault is another bug entirely,