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Re:Mashing Enter to bypass full disk encryption with TPM, Cl... by michaelt on Friday September 01, 2023 @01:23PM (#37353726)
Yes, when I say "small enough you can't adopt effective organisational controls" I mean organisations that are large enough that they're discarding so many disks they might accidentally forget to wipe some, and yet small enough they don't have procedures and record-keeping that prevent such accidents.

A large organisation will usually have tedious checks and record-keeping for wiping and discarding hardware, probably instituted after they wiped and discarded the wrong hardware.

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Re:Mashing Enter to bypass full disk encryption with TPM, Cl... by patrakov on Friday September 01, 2023 @06:19PM (#37356739)
It is not about forgetting to wipe a disk. A realistic scenario is that an SSD fails in a way that it ceases to be recognized by the system. At this point, you have no way to wipe it. Still, you may be required to return it to the vendor (by the contract that gave you the discounted price in the first place) - and they can read it using their tools not available to mere mortals.
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