File Vault reasons?

[WonkyPanda]

Can someone give me a brief synopsis as to why a typical graduate student would want to use file vault to fully encrypt their drive. I've read that it's highly recommend for all laptop users, but I am not sure it's that much more worth it if I have a password on the admin account. Is it easy to bypass and admin account password if a computer is stolen?

 

[Dark Void]

don't use it unless you have really sensitive data on your computer, it's nothing but a headache.

 

[WonkyPanda]

don't use it unless you have really sensitive data on your computer, it's nothing but a headache.

I know the old file vault was a headache before, but the new one seems to have remedied almost all of the complaints of the older system.

 

[Apple 26.2]

don't use it unless you have really sensitive data on your computer, it's nothing but a headache.

What about it makes it a headache?

 

[Dark Void]

What about it makes it a headache?

unnecessarily setting it up and having it encrypt your entire home folder and setting master passwords passwords and everything else that goes along with it?

maybe "headache" is subjective... :/