Setting a custom FileVault (macOS FDE) passphrase

1 · Filippo Valsorda · March 31, 2017, 2:10 p.m.
FileVault 2 is the full-disk encryption system of macOS. Normally, it's turned on from System Preferences, and locks the disk with the passwords of all the users allowed to unlock the machine. Overloading the login/unlock/sudo password is an understandable UX simplicity choice, but makes it very hard to...