Post Aq6Bmf46TzdvkdCRIe by foone@digipres.club
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(DIR) Post #Aq68Qn0by51e9eRfYO by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:34:19Z
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I gotta do bitlocker recovery to get to safe mode, and it turns out I don't know the bitlocker recovery for this computer! UH OH
(DIR) Post #Aq68VdO3Aa1rlDicjo by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:35:10Z
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I didn't even realize bitlocker was on. I didn't install this machine. FORTUNATELY I can still boot to regular mode, and then just ask windows what my recovery key is.(that's "manage-bde -protectors c: -get" in an admin prompt if you were wondering)
(DIR) Post #Aq68b1YYjetOAXCjUO by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:35:38Z
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also I'm tempted to build a keyboard just to type in this recovery key. You want me to type HOW many letters? I have computers for that!
(DIR) Post #Aq68hJzf6EIr5Wsssa by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:36:51Z
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that's one thing I definitely need to make somehow for my Ultimate Workbench Keyboard: a way to copy-paste that goes into the keyboard. So you could copy the recovery key, reboot, and paste in the key.
(DIR) Post #Aq68jlMEKd4qXFbXWK by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:36:59Z
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@willow yes
(DIR) Post #Aq68nBxnrr6BvAoXWC by willow@girlsmell.gay
2025-01-15T06:37:48Z
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@foone wait and then it just gives you the bit locker recovery password in plain text?
(DIR) Post #Aq68pNgpF0KKrtutw8 by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:37:59Z
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I wasn't worried about it because I saw this great CCC talk on hacking bitlocker:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eNtT2p12cM
(DIR) Post #Aq68wrbuOY5vh1BWgy by willow@girlsmell.gay
2025-01-15T06:40:05Z
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@foone that is absolutely unhinged. Thanks windows…
(DIR) Post #Aq69AmTwG9UzqD5qaG by hirvox@mastodon.online
2025-01-15T06:42:39Z
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@foone Fun fact: There's a hidden timeout for typing the recovery key. I have more than a dozen drives, so finding the right key can take too long for Windows.
(DIR) Post #Aq69XNP5fL4QisbG2C by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:46:45Z
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@hirvox yet another reason to make a keyboard to type it for me!
(DIR) Post #Aq69mdnwyB3JvvVT7Y by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:49:24Z
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@ChlorideCull nice!
(DIR) Post #Aq69sWUl3jZr06KnNg by eliasp@mastodon.social
2025-01-15T06:50:33Z
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@foone shouldn't a regular barcode scanner do the job? They're usually just a HID acting as keyboard.
(DIR) Post #Aq6ACw4dfSv47hqoQy by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T06:54:12Z
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I built the keyboard. I can just push a button on it and it pastes the key.
(DIR) Post #Aq6AFYHgZbc5D5CWGG by nihunde@troet.cafe
2025-01-15T06:54:28Z
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@foone if you're lazy like me, circuitpython has a hid output module https://docs.circuitpython.org/en/latest/shared-bindings/usb_hid/
(DIR) Post #Aq6ANfNQ5U4dWWkhX6 by krono@toot.berlin
2025-01-15T06:56:09Z
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@foone That would be terrific!
(DIR) Post #Aq6AsKnMevMsfUVlOi by hiway@mastodon.social
2025-01-15T07:01:40Z
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@foone had set up a DigiKey Arduino with ATTiny85 (iirc). The USB dongle was programmed as a keyboard with one task - type in the password for full-disk encryption for the home server. Handed it to mother in case the server (with her data on it) needed a reboot. Of course with specific instructions to "keep it secret, keep it safe!"But a full keyboard that can hold on to stuff across reboots sounds like more fun and danger :D
(DIR) Post #Aq6B1gSrSjaqTrNZxo by ppxl@social.tchncs.de
2025-01-15T07:03:24Z
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@foone great! Now whole China knows your bitlocker key! 😉
(DIR) Post #Aq6BQf8XXIj7bOmiqO by dolmen@mamot.fr
2025-01-15T07:07:52Z
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@foone It looks like a good project to give a new like to an old Android phone:- take a picture- OCR- emulate keyboard on USB to send dataI would use that for IBAN, and for other recovery keys such as crypto wallets.
(DIR) Post #Aq6BgU86ECGe677ir2 by DJGummikuh@mastodon.social
2025-01-15T07:10:47Z
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@foone if you were to make this into a product it would need to be able to navigate the hell that is keyboard sets xD unless your customer lives in the us, the booted OS will run a different layout than BIOS/UEFI😅
(DIR) Post #Aq6BkOKBkjjJFgdnIO by rubinjoni@mastodon.social
2025-01-15T07:11:28Z
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@foone Store the key in magnetic core memory, so you can paste it only once.
(DIR) Post #Aq6Bmf46TzdvkdCRIe by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T07:11:34Z
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it turns out the bitlocker screen is so early in boot that external USB devices don't work.which is weird. What if I was on a desktop? is it specifically limiting extra keyboards?
(DIR) Post #Aq6BmjZRjP5hiztWi0 by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T07:11:48Z
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I'm too bedridden to wire it directly into the keyboard matrix
(DIR) Post #Aq6C2fqHMTbknJMv7A by outfrost@mastodon.social
2025-01-15T07:14:46Z
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@foone Seems like the bitlocker ransomware is working as intended :)
(DIR) Post #Aq6CRUNR7rz2TWi7KC by unixb0y@chaos.social
2025-01-15T07:19:15Z
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@foone What about PS2? 😉
(DIR) Post #Aq6CcH6Cpii0TonIqe by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T07:21:15Z
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@unixb0y no PS/2 on this laptop, sadly.
(DIR) Post #Aq6Co51vX0EAWWQDo0 by unixb0y@chaos.social
2025-01-15T07:23:19Z
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@foone Wow that's crazy. What if the internal keyboard breaks? Bad design imho. 😅 I like using laptops as servers, especially semi broken ones. Giving them another chance at life. One of them relies on USB keyboard for disk decryption on boot..
(DIR) Post #Aq6Dh3tdRqAAvzlEfY by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T07:33:13Z
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@unixb0y well if it breaks, you lose all your files I guess
(DIR) Post #Aq6F12zkboHhsuiOOm by bhtooefr@snack.social
2025-01-15T07:47:08.758862Z
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@foone I feel like that’s not all external USB devices, just ones that don’t implement boot mode? like, I’d think if it works in the UEFI config, it’d work in bitlocker?I’ve definitely used a USB keyboard to unlock bitlocker on my desktop after all(I hate that cursed thing about how USB keyboards work, with boot mode, though)
(DIR) Post #Aq6F1490KtHTRu3ISe by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T07:48:03Z
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@bhtooefr I'll have to check. I thought it was in boot mode, though
(DIR) Post #Aq6FEQayAtdKqPVK0O by erik@social.ovegard.se
2025-01-15T07:50:27Z
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@foone I regularly enter the bit locker pin with an external keyboard connected to a docking station. I wonder if it's just the key that is blocked, or if it is blocking some types och keyboards
(DIR) Post #Aq6GQlWkHBqFBzyWoK by fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk
2025-01-15T08:03:51Z
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@foone works laptop has bitlocker. every time I boot it's a coin-toss whether it will let me type the password on my usb keyboard. so, race condition?
(DIR) Post #Aq6GqwoEx5C5iFduuO by erik@social.ovegard.se
2025-01-15T08:00:58Z
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@foone I ran out of batteries so I decided to try to enter the key at startup (once I found a working power outlet).That worked with my external keyboard. Hence it's keyboard dependent (or there is a setting somewhere)
(DIR) Post #Aq6GqxVUMHmxsNsSJs by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T08:08:40Z
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@erik it's not the pin, it's the recovery key, which can be entered at an earlier phase of booting. I could enter it later. I think this is related to some EFI nonsense
(DIR) Post #Aq6HgTGM3BVB8NMTAW by erik@social.ovegard.se
2025-01-15T08:17:58Z
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@foone I could enter the recovery key at startup. But only using the numpad or F-keys for some reason
(DIR) Post #Aq6K10uEsIsJB1wLw0 by th@social.v.st
2025-01-15T08:43:59Z
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@foone it might depend on if the keyboard supports "USB Boot Protocol", a simplified HID interface designed for this sort of case.
(DIR) Post #Aq6Kkou5pcEjGziKzw by agowa338@chaos.social
2025-01-15T08:52:19Z
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@foone Only half true. I think it only had issues with USB 3 (and maybe 4?) controllers.If you have a USB 2 port connected to a USB 2 controller your keyboard, mouse and touchscreen will work.Maybe also try flipping the related Hand-Off settings in your BIOS/UEFI?
(DIR) Post #Aq6N8YHVU65CZu6ra4 by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-01-15T08:46:29Z
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@th @foone Every time I think I know stuff, USB gives me another damn protocol
(DIR) Post #Aq6N8ZbOZdaOfsQGDg by th@social.v.st
2025-01-15T09:08:35Z
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@ozzelot @foone do you have a USB HID compliant data glove?
(DIR) Post #Aq6N8adCkOcxrmHDg8 by foone@digipres.club
2025-01-15T09:18:52Z
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@th @ozzelot sadly not
(DIR) Post #Aq6QLZKJD2wTRlJpWy by jernej__s@infosec.exchange
2025-01-15T09:54:58Z
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@foone Just suspend it indefinitely: manage-bde -protectors c: -disable -rebootcount 0?
(DIR) Post #Aq6rUuJXFGMtuIdOb2 by MedeaVanamonde@chaosfem.tw
2025-01-15T14:59:14Z
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@foone so you’ve taken up fighting dragons
(DIR) Post #Aq6wEwz03RU1K0EvBY by MedeaVanamonde@chaosfem.tw
2025-01-15T15:52:11Z
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@foone Thrill Seekers: Bedridden Edition
(DIR) Post #Aq7JB5ZqSPDPlPbLxQ by ChuckMcManis@chaos.social
2025-01-15T20:09:22Z
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@foone I take it you can't temporarily host the c: drive in a USB drive enclosure and un-bitlock it while it is having an out of body experience.