Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square166fedilinkarrow-up1980arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1976arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square166fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoNo, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoIt was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There’s a long story that’s pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoSuddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt
What reason? It was broken?
No, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
It was very likely compromised by NSA requiring a backdoor or weakened encryption that could be cracked by the US. There’s a long story that’s pretty interesting if you want to hit the rabbit hole
Suddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt