I was confused why the Wi-Fi symbol lights up when I boot my Mac, before I enter my password.I tested this, far away from my Wi-Fi network, and it doesn t light up then.Apple s supported pages say Unlock FileVault using SSH: On a Mac with Apple silicon with macOS 26 or later, FileVault can be unlocked over SSH after a restart if Remote Login is turned on and a network connection is available. [1][2].So that means the password will be stored outside of the FileVault ed volume then. (Where?)Cool, but even Remote Login is off for me and it still connects to Wi-Fi. I never opted in to Wi-Fi passwords being silently removed from FileVault protection.Sure, they might SecureEnclave that thing or whatever but it s not the same thing. It s similar to the iCloud Password Sync auto-enable issue I had with iOS 17 [3]. The security model gets changed without the user s consent.They just decide something is okay to auto-change after the user made a choice in the past.Unacceptable! :/Don t you think? [1] https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/security/sec8447f5049/web [2] https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/deployment/dep82064ec40/web [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38648725