Step 1: The test
A team of security researchers on Thursday
We decided to put their claims to the test. Because I'm an Apple user, I wanted to see if they could extract the AES encryption key from a MacBook running OS X Tiger. AES is, of course, the
Step 1 involved creating a new password-protected account called "Breakme" with FileVault turned on and encrypted swap activated. I turned on the locking screensaver and presented Jacob Applebaum, one of the researchers on the team, with the FileVault-protected laptop. To pass the test, Applebaum needed to extract the 128-bit AES key used to encrypt the Breakme account.
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