Later I discovered that the same salt value is also shared among all the vendors: SanDisk, Sony and Lexar
Eww…
This analysis shows again that it is difficult to roll a custom cryptographic algorithm
Pretty cool reading
A good illustration of "this piece of code may not be relevant anymore"
This work led to the release of two new dm-crypt flags: no_read_workqueue and no_write_workqueue, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.html
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Interesting reading
Oh
Yet another country that would like to weaken end-to-end encryption, after Australia
« If you’re not an Australian, be aware that the appetite for this type of law is not limited to Australia. Stay informed and engaged with this topic in your part of the world »
Oops 🤷