Microsoft's Bitlocker & TPM encryption combo defeated with a $10 Raspberry Pi and a bit of braininess
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Microsoft’s Bitlocker & TPM encryption combo defeated with a $10 Raspberry Pi::The point of Microsoft’s Bitlocker security feature is to protect personal data stored locally on devices and particularly when those devices are lost or otherwise physically compromised. With Bi

  • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Veracrypt drive encryption does not have the same problem, it would be secure even with physical access

    • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I don’t think a Veracrypt setup could use a hardware pairing for the decryption key, and also boot from an encrypted drive, though.

      • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
        21·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, it’s safe because of no TPM usage. You can boot from an encrypted drive, it’ll prompt for the key instead of auto loading from vulnerable hardware

        • Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          Bitlocker supports the same usecase, but everybody wants that automatic boot feature so…

          It also lets you store a secondary key on a server and require the computer to be on trusted networks to be able to retrieve it to boot, but I’ve never ever heard of anybody using that