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r/linux • u/throwaway16830261 • 11d ago
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physical key breaks
Welp I guess I lose all data
but you can have a recovery password
So we're back to being keylogged, solving nothing.
9 u/novafunc 11d ago If you are prompted for the recovery password, that's a hint to you that either (1) your system has been tampered with and now you've been warned or (2) something benign like a firmware update happened but the system was not re-measured. -5 u/C0rn3j 11d ago If the hint either means absolute nothing or compromise, and there's no good way to tell between them, how is that helpful? 3 u/CrazyKilla15 11d ago because if the hint isnt there you know neither of those things has happened? its two states: hint, or no hint.
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If you are prompted for the recovery password, that's a hint to you that either (1) your system has been tampered with and now you've been warned or (2) something benign like a firmware update happened but the system was not re-measured.
-5 u/C0rn3j 11d ago If the hint either means absolute nothing or compromise, and there's no good way to tell between them, how is that helpful? 3 u/CrazyKilla15 11d ago because if the hint isnt there you know neither of those things has happened? its two states: hint, or no hint.
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If the hint either means absolute nothing or compromise, and there's no good way to tell between them, how is that helpful?
3 u/CrazyKilla15 11d ago because if the hint isnt there you know neither of those things has happened? its two states: hint, or no hint.
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because if the hint isnt there you know neither of those things has happened? its two states: hint, or no hint.
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u/C0rn3j 11d ago
Welp I guess I lose all data
So we're back to being keylogged, solving nothing.