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>The title makes it sound like Bitlocker's encryption is what was being broken, but what is broken is the key exchange on some laptops. If the KEX is broken, t
by ThePowerOfFuet 3y ago
>The title makes it sound like Bitlocker's encryption is what was being broken, but what is broken is the key exchange on some laptops.
If the KEX is broken, the encryption is broken.
- close04 3y agoI think OP’s point is that singling out BitLocker when the attack is not specific to it is misleading. It leaves the wrong impression that other methods relying on the same key exchange mechanism are safe. Name dropping BitLocker was one sure way to gather attention for something that had been proven years ago, and had already reached a “close enough for all intents and purposes” price point [0]. Not unlike name dropping Tesla or Apple even for mundane things. [0] https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/articles/TPM-sniffing https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/articles/TPM-sniffing