The last two macOS updates, to 14.4 and 14.4.1, give me a screen that says the File Vault Recovery Key has been changed. That is a rather big deal, IMO. What is going on? Anyone else see this?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.4
What I just found out is that while I got two panels (after two logins with an account without iCloud) warning me that the recovery key had changed, it actually hadn't!
I tried "sudo fdesetup validaterecovery" on both new ones and the original one, and the 'new' ones returrned false while the original one returned true (phew!)
So, definitely a bug?
Thanks for the update with your most recent experience to this “Living Thread”
I am concerned that if someone or a software can change the valid recovery key for my main SSD without my approval, it could also allow unauthorized access to my "encrypted" SSD.
I already have such a setup (admin user separated from normal users), that is standard for me. But if the whole iCloud thing on a recovery key happens at every update, I wonder if that helps.
Why is macOS update creating a new file vault recovery key?
