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Although this is an exploit and should be fixed, FDE rarely works if your computer is on / sleeping. Same thing with the iPhone. Even though it has solid FDE,
by eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y ago
Although this is an exploit and should be fixed, FDE rarely works if your computer is on / sleeping.
Same thing with the iPhone. Even though it has solid FDE, there have been exploits if the phone is on (even with a passcode, etc).
Turning off your device is the best protection, even if you have FDE.
- falcolas 10y agoWell, I'd say "Turning off your device is the only protection when you have FDE", since shutting off your computer will do nothing to protect it if you don't have FDE enabled. If it's not encrypted, connecting another computer to it with an appropriate cable will let you use it as a remote disk, leaving no real traces that it was touched.
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y agoUhh, I think that was pretty clear from my comment. FDE only gives you "complete" security in transit if you shut it off. Leaving a FDE computer in sleep mode will not protect you. But even in sleep mode, a FDE computer is still better than no encryption at all.
- renaudg 10y agoWhat do you mean ? This was a bug, but FV2 is clearly designed as FDE that works even if the computer is sleeping.