Re:Dumping Memory to Bypass BitLocker on Windows 11
by varispeed on Monday December 30, 2024 @05:42PM
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I am sorry I wasn't clear. I am aware that TPM is a key storage. Just I am not convinced they keys it stores are secure. It smells of security by obscurity and all big corporations are happy clappy to use it and government is silent about it, which likely means they have a backdoor.
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Re:Dumping Memory to Bypass BitLocker on Windows 11
by gruez on Monday December 30, 2024 @06:22PM
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>It smells of security by obscurity and all big corporations are happy clappy to use it and government is silent about it, which likely means they have a backdoor.
The government is also pretty silent about AES. Does it mean that's backdoored as well? More to the point, I'm not sure what the proposed alternative is. Not using TPM, and exposing yourself to bootkits and evil maid attacks?
Re:Dumping Memory to Bypass BitLocker on Windows 11
by p_ing on Monday December 30, 2024 @05:57PM
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Lest one forget NSAKey! /s
This type of /r/ufos|/r/aliens speculation isn't particularly useful. It comes with no evidence of TPMs being backdoor'ed. Have they been compromised [at least pre-2.0]? Yes, in as much as Apple's Secure Enclave has as an example.
Gut feelings aren't always correct and for topics which have a sort of 'correctness' about them, they're not useful.
Otherwise we're debating to prove a negative.
Re:Dumping Memory to Bypass BitLocker on Windows 11
by prmoustache on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @04:03AM
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It is security the same way a lock is. It limits low efforts attempt which is why we put locks in our doors and close our most easily accessible windows in the first place.