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They would have to break your hard drive encryption AND have the laptop itself. Doable by a nation state? Sure. By Bob the mugger? No. That is fine for 98% of
by vorpalhex 5y ago
They would have to break your hard drive encryption AND have the laptop itself.
Doable by a nation state? Sure. By Bob the mugger? No.
That is fine for 98% of users.
- tdeck 5y agoI think the parent comment was referring to a scenario where the attacker has code executing on your laptop, not necessarily a physical seizure of the device.
- vorpalhex 5y agoThat would mean the parent does not understand how a TPM operates. Several other commentors have provided good explanations to correct that fault.
- raxxorrax 5y agoNot really sure of the capabilities of nation states. They buy the tools private companies come up with. But I think this is exaggerated security anyway. You want to keep stuff accessible. Binding anything to specific hardware is a terrible idea. My bank does that and it really sucks as a security mechanism.