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Originally Posted by PB PM
The security issues that would arise from using a loaner machine would be troubling for many users. Even if all your files were on an external some stuff gets left in temporary files on the main drive. I guess you could write zeros to the SSD a bunch of times to nuke it, but there is a risk still.
If the Mac’s still had user replaceable drives it would be non issue, you just swap your own drive in and go, but not with modern machines.
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If the store were to hand that device out, that would all be moot. They could simply reset the hardware key before handing out the device. Any data encrypted with the old key would be rendered permanently unreadable.