Comments on: Bad RAM: Disk encryption vulnerable to attack http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/bad-ram-disk-encryption-vulnerable-to-attack/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:03:16 -0500 hourly 1 By: Benjamin Wright http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/bad-ram-disk-encryption-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-595782 Benjamin Wright Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:54:25 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/bad-ram-disk-encryption-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-595782 This story is another reason state legislatures are unwise to madate encryption as a data security procedure. <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/encryption-legislation-goes-overboard.html" rel="nofollow">http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/encryption-legislation-goes-overboard.html</a> This story is another reason state legislatures are unwise to madate encryption as a data security procedure. http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/encryption-legislation-goes-overboard.html

]]> By: Virginian http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/bad-ram-disk-encryption-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-595764 Virginian Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:05:26 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/bad-ram-disk-encryption-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-595764 So, If someone steals your laptop at the airport that you just turned off, runs away within a five minutes. takes off the memory cover and freezes it with freon, takes the memory out and dumps it into liquid nitrogen, uses another specially prepared machine to decrypt it that could thwart whole disk encryption. This is terrifying;) Remember locks only keep the honest people out. So, If someone steals your laptop at the airport that you just turned off, runs away within a five minutes. takes off the memory cover and freezes it with freon, takes the memory out and dumps it into liquid nitrogen, uses another specially prepared machine to decrypt it that could thwart whole disk encryption. This is terrifying;)

Remember locks only keep the honest people out.

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