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On 06/03/20 13:48, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> If you fall into this camp you need to still update your firmware to |
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> address the non-TPM-user and to avoid making it trivial for software |
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> to steal your keys/etc. However, you need to be aware that you are no |
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> longer secure against physical theft of your device. Somebody who |
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> steals your laptop with passwordless encryption might be able to break |
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> the encryption on your device. |
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It's worse that that, he's dead, Jim! |
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The summary on LWN is an easy read. Somebody who steals your Intel |
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laptop WILL be able to break the encryption on your device. |
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tl;dr summary - the microcode that *boots* the cpu has been compromised. |
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So even while it is setting up tpm and all that malarkey, malware can be |
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stealing keys etc. |
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Which means that Intel's master signing key will soon be cracked and |
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compromised. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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