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>What if the user is sane? I assume you mean by not using a Microsoft Account to sign in to the machine. In that case, you literally just right click on the OS
by legalcorrection 5y ago
>What if the user is sane?
I assume you mean by not using a Microsoft Account to sign in to the machine. In that case, you literally just right click on the OS drive and click Turn On Bitlocker. It asks you where to save a recovery key and then you’re good to go.
- GeekyBear 5y agoOn the ARM Mac, you are secure by default, without handing your disk recovery key to Microsoft by default.
- legalcorrection 5y agoSecure against what? Security isn’t a free floating quantity, it only exists in relation to particular threat models. Microsoft has, I think rightly, calculated that the risk of losing access their data is worse for most users than the risk that the government gets a warrant for their recovery key. And if you want to protect against the government, then it’s really easy to set up Bitlocker to not backup to MS. You can change the key with one or two commands, or with a GUI, even if you use a Microsoft account to sign in. In any case, I’m not saying the Bitlocker design is perfect. There are good arguments to be made in favor of the iOS or Mac models (which are slightly different, even to each other). Microsoft also has the unenviable problem of dealing with shitty OEMs with buggy firmwares that change the PCR values unexpectedly, locking users out of their data and requiring a recovery key. But your original claim—that physical attack protection is novel to ARM-based Apple devices—is just completely wrong.
- GeekyBear 5y agoSorry, but a system with that many caveats, is not the same thing.
- legalcorrection 5y agoLol it doesn’t have “many caveats” at all. But go ahead and keep spreading false information if you want.
- smoldesu 5y agoCan you prove that Apple doesn't have recovery keys/backdoor access, or is that conjecture?
- gjsman-1000 5y agoCan you prove your Intel or AMD CPU doesn’t have recovery keys/backdoor access in the ME or PSP, or is that conjecture?
- smoldesu 5y agoI never said it didn't.