On 19 Apr 2010, at 11:27, Russell Brown wrote: > > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352 > > Worthwhile, given my macbook travels to a fiar few meetings ina variety of > venues but rarely leaves my side?
the basic rule is that unless you have encryption of the contents, physical possession of the disk is, after some work, possession of its contents. That means keychain stuff, auto-fill on websites etc. There's the physical loss of the machine which is annoying, of course. Most thieves will wipe the disk, I'd have thought, but they might look for credit card details. So this is a good idea because it will deter 'casual' attempts to get passwords. auto-login is a bad idea but we all use it...! If you're moving around a lot with it , I would say the more passwords the better...but it's annoying to have to enter them over and over. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
