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It does require someone to steal the entire laptop rather than just the hard drive, but… I don’t think that this was an actual worry, and the security result of
by freeone3000 2y ago
It does require someone to steal the entire laptop rather than just the hard drive, but… I don’t think that this was an actual worry, and the security result of encrypting to a device with the key stored in the same device is much like not encrypting.
- clhodapp 2y agoIt also makes it a lot harder to bypass the login screen, even if someone takes the whole laptop. In case you weren't aware, the ability to do a passwordless unseal can be tied to not tampering with the bootchain. It's not entirely bulletproof, but it's beyond the abilities of most thieves to bypass this (versus just popping the drive in another machine).