• asudox@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 months ago

    I also want to add that the TPM will request the recovery key if the BIOS goes back to factory defaults. I also think changing the secure boot setting might trigger it. If that’s the case then a BIOS password is pretty useless.

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      8 months ago

      I believe that the TPM will refuse to provide keys after secure boot is disabled, but I didn’t intend to imply that it could be used to bypass TPM decryption or anything. Just as an aside that BIOS passwords are effectively useless at preventing access to the BIOS.

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        8 months ago

        It does seem like most of the TPMs indeed do not provide the keys if secure boot is disabled. Sorry for the misunderstanding.