moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryptionwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoTypically an actual key is effectively just a very long pseaudorandom binary blob and the passphrase is just used to unlock the actual key. This means you can add a new key just by encrypting the actual key with the new passphrase
Typically an actual key is effectively just a very long pseaudorandom binary blob and the passphrase is just used to unlock the actual key. This means you can add a new key just by encrypting the actual key with the new passphrase