So Lion will offer whole-disk-encryption through filevault. That will be a welcome addition for many.
However, based on some screenshots, it seems like there is no additional option to do home-folder-only encryption (i.e. carry on with the current implementation). I would be disappointed if this were the case.
I like home-folder encryption because it means I can give my computer to guests to use (via the guest account) without having to give them a password which effectively opens up access to the disk.
So I'd be very interested to know how multi-user scenarios and guest accounts are being handled in Lion when the new filevault is enabled.
However, based on some screenshots, it seems like there is no additional option to do home-folder-only encryption (i.e. carry on with the current implementation). I would be disappointed if this were the case.
I like home-folder encryption because it means I can give my computer to guests to use (via the guest account) without having to give them a password which effectively opens up access to the disk.
So I'd be very interested to know how multi-user scenarios and guest accounts are being handled in Lion when the new filevault is enabled.
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