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		ropiwqefjnpoa on Jan 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BusKill: A kill cord for your laptop A drive wipe might take too long though, especially if they grab the laptop and shut if off. After a simple shutdown or lock, disk encryption really is the primary protection here.

rzzzt on Jan 2, 2020 [–]

Change encryption key to random value, discard random value.

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