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\"Doh! What My Encrypted Drive Can Be Unlocked By Anyone?\" Today Bill Buchanan disclosed how an empty #password<\/span><\/a> can be used to bypass hardware #encryption<\/span><\/a> on major #SSDs<\/span><\/a>, rendering useless strategies like full-disk encryption, as cornered by #Microsoft<\/span><\/a> #BitLocker<\/span><\/a>:<\/p> https:\/\/<\/span>medium.com\/asecuritysite-when-<\/span>bob-met-alice\/doh-what-my-encrypted-drive-can-be-unlocked-by-anyone-a495f6653581<\/span><\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/aeveltstra\/statuses\/101021481377952070","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/aeveltstra\/statuses\/101021481377952070","objectType":"note","content":" \"Doh! What My Encrypted Drive Can Be Unlocked By Anyone?\" Today Bill Buchanan disclosed how an empty #password<\/span><\/a> can be used to bypass hardware #encryption<\/span><\/a> on major #SSDs<\/span><\/a>, rendering useless strategies like full-disk encryption, as cornered by #Microsoft<\/span><\/a> #BitLocker<\/span><\/a>:<\/p> https:\/\/<\/span>medium.com\/asecuritysite-when-<\/span>bob-met-alice\/doh-what-my-encrypted-drive-can-be-unlocked-by-anyone-a495f6653581<\/span><\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@aeveltstra\/101021481377952070","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bitlocker"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"encryption"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"microsoft"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"password"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ssds"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-11-06:objectType=thread:nonce=1236848a9249397e","notice_info":{"local_id":"2555518","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2018-11-06T00:51:15+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@aeveltstra\/101021481377952070"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/user\/2","displayName":"LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-48-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-96-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-48-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-24-20170112022011.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"2"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-96-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert.\r\n\r\nI save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks.\r\n\r\nI invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/lnxw48a1","followers":{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/lnxw48a1\/subscribers"},"portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lnxw48a1","displayName":"LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}","note":"Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert.\r\n\r\nI save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks.\r\n\r\nI invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .","addresses":{"formatted":"{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}"}}},"content":"One of the other folks here said that since I\u2019ve been working with so many of the #SSD<\/a><\/span> failure \/ #BitLocker<\/a><\/span> cases, I\u2019m the on-site SME (subject matter expert). Pretty surprising, actually. We\u2019re getting the mushroom treatment from HQ-IT, so it feels like I\u2019m fumbling in the dark.","generator":{"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2024-03-29:notice-source:Shoyu","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"Shoyu"}},"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-09-19:noticeId=2301261:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-09-19:noticeId=2301261:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"One of the other folks here said that since I\u2019ve been working with so many of the #SSD<\/a><\/span> failure \/ #BitLocker<\/a><\/span> cases, I\u2019m the on-site SME (subject matter expert). Pretty surprising, actually. We\u2019re getting the mushroom treatment from HQ-IT, so it feels like I\u2019m fumbling in the dark.","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/notice\/2301261","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bitlocker"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ssd"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-09-19:objectType=thread:nonce=57125d25aa034d7b","notice_info":{"local_id":"2301261","source":"Shoyu"}},"published":"2018-09-19T11:27:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/notice\/2301261"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/user\/2","displayName":"LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-48-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-96-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-48-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-24-20170112022011.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"2"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-96-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert.\r\n\r\nI save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks.\r\n\r\nI invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/lnxw48a1","followers":{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/lnxw48a1\/subscribers"},"portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lnxw48a1","displayName":"LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}","note":"Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert.\r\n\r\nI save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks.\r\n\r\nI invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .","addresses":{"formatted":"{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}"}}},"content":"More failed SSDs. This is happening so frequently that I\u2019m wondering whether this is a #BitLocker<\/a><\/span> issue rather than a procurement issue. Apart from ideological arguments (with which I largely agree), are there any concrete reasons\/arguments to use #VeraCrypt<\/span><\/a> full disk encryption for #Windows<\/span><\/a>, rather than the integrated #BitLocker<\/span><\/a>?<\/p> #InfoSec<\/span><\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"tag:mastodon.social,2017-05-15:objectId=6077881:objectType=Status","object":{"id":"tag:mastodon.social,2017-05-15:objectId=6077881:objectType=Status","objectType":"note","content":" Apart from ideological arguments (with which I largely agree), are there any concrete reasons\/arguments to use #VeraCrypt<\/span><\/a> full disk encryption for #Windows<\/span><\/a>, rather than the integrated #BitLocker<\/span><\/a>?<\/p>
I mean, there are plenty of procurement issues in $EMPLOYER already. The quality of this hardware is about the level of sub $200 laptops. It just seems that the SSD failure rate is higher than almost any other component.","generator":{"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2024-03-29:notice-source:Shoyu","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"Shoyu"}},"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-09-18:noticeId=2292459:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-09-18:noticeId=2292459:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"More failed SSDs. This is happening so frequently that I\u2019m wondering whether this is a #BitLocker<\/a><\/span> issue rather than a procurement issue.
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\nI mean, there are plenty of procurement issues in $EMPLOYER already. The quality of this hardware is about the level of sub $200 laptops. It just seems that the SSD failure rate is higher than almost any other component.","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/notice\/2292459","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bitlocker"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-09-18:objectType=thread:nonce=beac360e1a2734a0","notice_info":{"local_id":"2292459","source":"Shoyu"}},"published":"2018-09-18T19:21:40+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/notice\/2292459"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/user\/2","displayName":"LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-48-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-96-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-48-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-24-20170112022011.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"2"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2-96-20170112021558.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert.\r\n\r\nI save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks.\r\n\r\nI invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/lnxw48a1","followers":{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/lnxw48a1\/subscribers"},"portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lnxw48a1","displayName":"LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}","note":"Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert.\r\n\r\nI save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks.\r\n\r\nI invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .","addresses":{"formatted":"{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}"}}},"content":"Every day, we get people whose systems are sufficiently changed by #Windows<\/a><\/span> updates and the agency's constant configuration change pushes that #Bitlocker<\/a><\/span> decides to deny access to the drive. It doesn't make me confident in the stability of #Win10<\/a><\/span> or the safety of BL.","generator":{"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2024-03-29:notice-source:AndStatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"AndStatus"}},"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-05-17:noticeId=1094755:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-05-17:noticeId=1094755:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"Every day, we get people whose systems are sufficiently changed by #Windows<\/a><\/span> updates and the agency's constant configuration change pushes that #Bitlocker<\/a><\/span> decides to deny access to the drive. It doesn't make me confident in the stability of #Win10<\/a><\/span> or the safety of BL.","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/notice\/1094755","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bitlocker"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"win10"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"windows"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:nu.federati.net,2018-05-17:objectType=thread:nonce=7a4089d0c459d44d","notice_info":{"local_id":"1094755","source":"AndStatus"}},"published":"2018-05-17T13:18:04+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/notice\/1094755"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/rysiek","displayName":"Rysiek\u00far Memesson","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2624-original-20200301162559.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":120,"height":120},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2624-96-20200301163256.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2624-48-20200301162718.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2624-24-20200301163326.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"2624"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/nu.federati.net\/avatar\/2624-96-20200301163256.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Hacker, activist, free-softie \u25c8 information security at https:\/\/isnic.is\/ \u25c8 formerly at https:\/\/occrp.org\/ \u25c8 my opinions are my own etc. \u25c8#foss #libre #privacy #infosec. \u06ec.\u2009:","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@rysiek","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"rysiek","displayName":"Rysiek\u00far Memesson","note":"Hacker, activist, free-softie \u25c8 information security at https:\/\/isnic.is\/ \u25c8 formerly at https:\/\/occrp.org\/ \u25c8 my opinions are my own etc. \u25c8#foss #libre #privacy #infosec. \u06ec.\u2009:"}},"content":"