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Oh? Do tell how to retrieve those insecure keys. I have an old laptop I would love to get access to again.
by mmmlinux 8mo ago
Oh? Do tell how to retrieve those insecure keys. I have an old laptop I would love to get access to again.
- masfuerte 8mo agoThere was a great blog post a few years ago that reverse engineered the on-disk data structures and demonstrated extracting the key. Of course, I can't find it now. Microsoft themselves [1] say: > If a device uses only local accounts, then it remains unprotected even though the data is encrypted. There is a further condition: if you explicitly enable bitlocker then the key is no longer stored on the disk and it is secure. When I run "manage-bde -status" on my laptop it says "Key Protectors: None found". If the TPM was being used that would be listed. Have you tried plugging the disk or ssd from your old laptop into another computer? [1]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/operating-system-security/data-protection/bitlocker/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/operating...