<![CDATA[Hmm, having heard of people who couldn't recover their computer (no bitlocker key), actually, that could be handy, lol.]]>Hmm, having heard of people who couldn't recover their computer (no bitlocker key), actually, that could be handy, lol. (ps. BACK UP YOUR BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY if you have a Windows PC, lest you suddenly lose access to your PC because of some hardware repair...)

Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)

So I’ve just had a quick play with this and yes, it works. Essentially BitLocker has a backdoor. https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/YellowKey Mitigation = BitLocker PIN and BIOS password lock.

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