#post-id: 5866-11-28
#original-date: 17.08.2016 Wed
#original-time: 11:28 AM
#original-day:  5866
#original-host: WinXP Prof SP3 (Build 2600)

> And perhaps most importantly: it is a reminder that demands 
> by politicians and crimefighters for special keys, which can 
> be used by investigators to unlock devices in criminal cases, will 
> inevitably jeopardize the security of everyone.
> 
> [...]
> 
> It's akin to giving special secret keys to the police and the Feds 
> that grant investigators full access to people's devices and 
> computer systems. Such backdoor keys can and most probably will 
> fall into the wrong hands: rather than be used exclusively for 
> fighting crime, they will be found and exploited by criminals 
> to compromise communications and swipe sensitive personal 
> information.
> 
> Anyone who thinks government servers holding these keys are safe 
> need only be reminded of the OPM megahack; anyone who thinks these 
> keys cannot be extracted from software or hardware need only spend 
> a weekend with a determined reverse-engineer and a copy of IDA Pro.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/10/microsoft_secure_boot_ms16_100/