Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days 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-up1976arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1973arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square166fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoSuddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days 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-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoNo, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
What reason? It was broken?
Suddenly dev resigned and posted bizzare post that read like he was at a gunpoint, recommending bitlocker instead of truecrypt
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
No, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.