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I'm not sure even encryption helps if you only have a locking screensaver. Both TB and FW devices have DMA so if somebody really wants to get in then the passwo
by madisp 13y ago
I'm not sure even encryption helps if you only have a locking screensaver. Both TB and FW devices have DMA so if somebody really wants to get in then the password-protected screensaver lock isn't going to stop anyone (given that the encrypted volumes are mounted).
- bigiain 13y agoI suspect that's a different threat though – at least to me, "smash and grab" implies opportunistic steal-laptop-from-car-and-fence-in-nearest-bar type problems. If you've "lost" a laptop to people capable of and interested in probing your firewire port for in-memory passphrases, you've got a whole other level of attacker. (A level of attacker against which I suspect _most_ startups can't and won't attempt to defend themselves against.)