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So do y'all regularly dump liquid nitrogen on your computers after powering them off? Last I checked, cold boot attacks have to be executed within moments of a

So do y'all regularly dump liquid nitrogen on your computers after powering them off? Last I checked, cold boot attacks have to be executed within moments of a computer powering down unless it's immediately put on ice. I don't understand why we're worried about this.

detaro 8y ago
Many people do not always power down their computer completely when they leave it unattended.
retrodpc 8y ago
Actually, RAM can keep its contents for up to a few minutes after shutdown. See here: https://citp.princeton.edu/research/memory/ https://citp.princeton.edu/research/memory/
21 8y ago
Read the article. This is about attacking computers in sleep mode.
chrisper 8y ago
When you are in sleep mode, your RAM still has power on it.