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Re:Cryptsetup 2.0.0 introduces new on-disk LUKS2 format by Teknoman117 on Monday December 25, 2017 @11:32AM (#16004662)
Is there a good writeup on why this is such a horrific vulnerability? I see a lot of doom and gloom about this without a lot of explanations.
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Re:Cryptsetup 2.0.0 introduces new on-disk LUKS2 format by mjepronk on Monday December 25, 2017 @12:42PM (#16004947)
Plausible deniability. For example, from the trimmed sector you can inference that the disk is being used.
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Re:Cryptsetup 2.0.0 introduces new on-disk LUKS2 format by gsnedders on Monday December 25, 2017 @05:22PM (#16005974)
Is there really plausible deniability about use of a hard drive that isn't just all zeros (as, AFAIK, they come from the factory)?

I mean, I guess is depends on what burden of proof is needed in the case, certainly if it were balance of probability I'd be surprised if having the disk in a computer looking like it has been written to is sufficient to not make it plausible to deny.

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