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When it comes to disk encryption, at least in the home, the threat model isn't somebody sitting around in your home finding a way to exfiltrate the currently-un
by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
When it comes to disk encryption, at least in the home, the threat model isn't somebody sitting around in your home finding a way to exfiltrate the currently-unlocked filesystem; It's someone taking the computer or the drive with them and leaving.
In your analogy, the key atop the vault vanishes as soon as the vault is moved from its location (loses power).
- anyfoo 1y agoIf that was the case (maybe it is, I don’t know), then how does the proposed solution help against power outages, which was asked for?
- avianlyric 1y agoThat wasn’t what was asked for. The original reason given was to require a password on cold boot, but not require a password when rebooting e.g. for an OS update
- anyfoo 1y agoWell, you've asked me to quote in another subthread, I did. Since I don't fully get what you're referring to now, can you please quote?