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Re:Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden l... by anologwintermut on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:36AM (#6032796)
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-tech...

Though that specifically obviously requires hardware.

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Re:Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden l... by dmix on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:48AM (#6032868)
It seems that only protects against "pre-launch software" and BIOS level stuff. The scenario in question is for a live system where the disk is mounted and decrypted, with the OS running.
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