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"Evil Maid" attack against disk encryption

"Evil Maid" attack against disk encryption

Posted Oct 31, 2009 15:42 UTC (Sat) by wolfgang.oertl (subscriber, #7418)
Parent article: "Evil Maid" attack against disk encryption

Many suggestions revolve around having a separate USB memory stick with passwords or boot loaders and such, and keeping that very safe. How about storing your important data on it (encrypted of course) instead of on the hard drive? This makes the "evil maid" attack useless - doesn't it?


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"Evil Maid" attack against disk encryption

Posted Nov 6, 2009 13:46 UTC (Fri) by robbe (subscriber, #16131) [Link]

You can't trust your computer after the Evil Maid touched it. It may very
well post your Valuable Secrets to wikileaks once you plugged in your
memory stick containing it.

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