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Re:Ask HN: How secure is the encryption offered by OS X's Di... by barrkel on Monday June 19, 2017 @05:55AM (#14585706)
AES-XTS or any other mechanism that uses the location on the disk to seed the IV for encryption is susceptible to penguins over time instead of over space.
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