commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMicrosoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square154fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareteslasaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoWell, since you don’t actually enter a password to decrypt a bitlocker device, you can intercept the key data with physical connectors to the TPM Bitlocker just makes it slightly more tedious to retrieve data. As long as you have all other components intact aswell.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoI’m just wondering how many devices still use dedicated TPMs, instead of the ones integrated in the SoC by AMD and Intel. Sniffing a bus inside the SoC must be significantly harder or impossible.
Well, since you don’t actually enter a password to decrypt a bitlocker device, you can intercept the key data with physical connectors to the TPM
Bitlocker just makes it slightly more tedious to retrieve data. As long as you have all other components intact aswell.
I’m just wondering how many devices still use dedicated TPMs, instead of the ones integrated in the SoC by AMD and Intel. Sniffing a bus inside the SoC must be significantly harder or impossible.