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> This challenges the view that hardware encryption is prefer-able over software encryption. WAT? Who ever thought that? For exactly the reason you state, I ce
by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 8y ago
> This challenges the view that hardware encryption is prefer-able over software encryption.
WAT? Who ever thought that? For exactly the reason you state, I certainly would not have recommended anyone to ever trust "hardware encryption". And it's not just that firmware tends to be terrible: We had plenty of "secure storage" thingies that weren't.
- igor_sk 8y agoproperly implemented, hw encryption is better because it does not expose key material in the RAM even for a brief moment.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 8y agoWell, yeah, sure, but who would possibly expect something like this to be implemented properly?
- acct1771 8y ago95%+ of consumers.