Timeline for How are the disk encryption keys protected when a laptop is locked?
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| Jul 7, 2016 at 17:18 | comment | added | Zack | Even better, full disk encryption would be easier to implement, and it would already cover not only swap partitions, but also any slack and residual data left here and there over the years. | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 16:21 | comment | added | Potaito | ... I'd like to throw in swap partitions since you mentioned memory. In case of unencrypted swap partitions, memory contents could be extracted even after a full shutdown and power-off. Assuming of course that the swap was used, i.e. memory was full at some point. So, encrypt your swaps! | |
| Jul 7, 2016 at 2:57 | history | answered | Zack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |