Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up1935arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1931arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square155linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agodoes bitlocker encrypt whole volume, or userdata folders? It’s a performance issue to encrypt anything that doesn’t need to be.
minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIts whole-volume encryption, not file encryption. Most modern CPUs have built-in AES-NI instructions so its not much of a performance penalty (as long as AES is used for encryption).
does bitlocker encrypt whole volume, or userdata folders? It’s a performance issue to encrypt anything that doesn’t need to be.
You can do full disk or folders
Its whole-volume encryption, not file encryption. Most modern CPUs have built-in AES-NI instructions so its not much of a performance penalty (as long as AES is used for encryption).