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These kinds of attacks aside, the intent is that you need to turn on the PC and then actually boot to the intended operating system, which is then protected wit

by shawnz 3y ago

These kinds of attacks aside, the intent is that you need to turn on the PC and then actually boot to the intended operating system, which is then protected with a login screen

ale42 3y ago
Except that if you can sniff the encryption keys, you can tamper with the OS and for example remove the password...
- shawnz 3y ago
  That's why I caveated my explanation with "these kinds of attacks aside": this video describes such a bus sniffing attack
  - ale42 3y ago
    I've read your message too quickly ;)
whyoh 3y ago
Yeah fair enough. The login screen should still provide good protection in a TPM-only scenario. (Although it had some vulnerabilities in the past: https://secret.club/2021/01/15/bitlocker-bypass.html https://secret.club/2021/01/15/bitlocker-bypass.html)