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Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor (www.tomshardware.com)
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YellowKey reportedly works in Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 and 2025, but not in Windows 10.

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[–] 27 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Lmao, remember when Microsoft wouldn't make a backdoor for the US government? https://mashable.com/archive/fbi-microsoft-bitlocker-backdoor

I wonder what favor the government traded for this. Or maybe what threats were made to Microsoft...

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I wonder what favor the government traded for this. Or maybe what threats were made to Microsoft...

    Probably none; don't forget, the majority of Lose11 is vibecoded

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    You think they just offered a backdoor to the US government unprompted? They just changed their mind? I know technically there isn't evidence of it being for the government, but like... Come on. Something like this isn't a bug or AI hallucinating

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