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Does this offer more security than hardware encryption e.g. in latest Intel and Samsung drives? These drives can transparently encrypt all the content with 256-
by listic 12y ago
Does this offer more security than hardware encryption e.g. in latest Intel and Samsung drives? These drives can transparently encrypt all the content with 256-bit AES; the password is ATA password.
They lost me at "Firstly the encryption key is flipped". What does this mean?
- fiatmoney 12y agoEncrypted drives typically store the literal en/decryption key (derived from your password or credentials) and whatever salt is necessary on a chip. Nuking that information effectively makes your data unrecoverable, because it's no longer distinguishable from noise. I assume "flipped" is a translation error for "cleared" or "randomized", especially given typos like "instantaineously".
- jwr 12y agoI always wonder why this kind of drive-internal encryption comes up in serious discussions. To me it makes no sense whatsoever: I have no way of checking if the drive actually encrypts the data, I don't know what happens to my password, where is it stored, who else gets access to it (or my data), etc. How can anyone consider this "transparent" encryption to be secure?
- rdc12 12y agoAnd that is before you consider back doors and the like