Encrypting APFS Time Machine volumes
Is it necessary to encrypt APFS Time Machine volumes on Big Sur and up if File Vault is on? Let me try to explain why I'm asking this: I clearly remember warnings came up when I tried to use unencrypted disks with Time Machine when File Vault was on. No such warning comes up on Big Sur and up as far as I remember. So I presume Apple reckons not having encryption doesn't compromise the security of APFS Time Machine backups.
This is how I think it works: As you know, Time Machine snapshot format on Big Sur has changed (individual files on HFS+ volumes vs. some sort of "virtual file system" on APFS volumes.) Now that backups are comprised of virtual file systems instead of individual files, File Vault encryption is somehow applied to them, so no Mac other than the one they are created on can access them if File Vault is turned on, thus eliminating the need for encryption.
Am I correct or am I totally making this up?
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