Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoAs in you think they were pressured into stopping development so people would switch over to BitLocker, which now appears to have a backdoor put in by Microsoft or at least one of the developers, presumably at the behest of a government?
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agothere’s a backdoor built right into bitlocker in the form of ‘recovery keys’–and for most users, microsoft knows what they are.
minus-squareChristerMLB@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoThe thought did cross my mind, yeah. I don’t think it’s quite sufficient evidence to make such a big conclusion, but both of these seem so conspicuous
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoYeah its Not Safe As. Also your delivery from Flowers By Irene is waiting outside
As in you think they were pressured into stopping development so people would switch over to BitLocker, which now appears to have a backdoor put in by Microsoft or at least one of the developers, presumably at the behest of a government?
there’s a backdoor built right into bitlocker in the form of ‘recovery keys’–and for most users, microsoft knows what they are.
The thought did cross my mind, yeah. I don’t think it’s quite sufficient evidence to make such a big conclusion, but both of these seem so conspicuous
Yeah its Not Safe As.
Also your delivery from Flowers By Irene is waiting outside