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WildBill Author

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External SSD is encrypted but requires no password to access it?

If my external SSD is encrypted, why doesn't it require a password to access it? Shouldn't a password be required to access it?

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 10:43 PM

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Rudegar

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Posted on Mar 17, 2021 12:28 AM

likely the password was provided when you macOS user login'd to the computer, if another user or if the hd was connected to another computer it would.

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