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Re:Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden l... by Osmium on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:39AM (#6032815)
Hmm, I didn't know that. It seems you may be right:

http://www.frameloss.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Lion-Mem...

Though apparently there was a company offering a commercial solution for getting FileVault passwords using this method so...

http://privacycast.com/filevault-vulnerability-how-to-protec...

There's also a really interesting pdf from Apple containing more details on FileVault 2:

http://training.apple.com/pdf/WP_FileVault2.pdf

which suggests turning on firmware passwords to prevent DMA.

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