Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square129linkfedilinkarrow-up1847arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1844arrow-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 day agomessage-square129linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours 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-up1·3 hours agoNo, it worked so well that the governments didn’t like it.
What reason? It was broken?
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.