misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoMicrosoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassedwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down10·7 months agoRegardless, you can just read what’s on the disk anyway, so you don’t need to be able to log in.
minus-squarerandombullet@feddit.decakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down10·edit-27 months agoUnless bitlocker is enabled by default, which is becoming more and more common unfortunately…
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 months ago unfortunately Unfortunately? How is encryption by default a bad thing? It’s amazingly good at protecting data from people who wouldn’t even know what encryption is. The number of lost laptops in coffee shops protected by BitLocker is insane.
Regardless, you can just read what’s on the disk anyway, so you don’t need to be able to log in.
Unless bitlocker is enabled by default, which is becoming more and more common unfortunately…
Unfortunately? How is encryption by default a bad thing? It’s amazingly good at protecting data from people who wouldn’t even know what encryption is.
The number of lost laptops in coffee shops protected by BitLocker is insane.