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Mental Outlaw - A Hacker Found The BitLocker Backdoor
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BillMangionee lemmy.ml BillMangionee@lemmy.ml
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Voxel feddit.uk voxel@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-03-05
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I must say that Mental Outlaw is known for using the wrong terminology, for example calling closed-source software "spyware", which bothers everyone who works in the cybersecurity industry because this is blatantly wrong. I assume it's the same story with this supposed "backdoor".

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BillMangionee lemmy.ml BillMangionee@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-04-21
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I must say that Mental Outlaw is known for using the wrong terminology, for example calling closed-source software "spyware", which bothers everyone who works in the cybersecurity industry because this is blatantly wrong. I assume it's the same story with this supposed "backdoor".

I'm sure you're right, but it helps for a normie to privacy/security like my self, and viewer engagement.

You're right in that this isn't a backdoor. Its an exploit hes calling a backdoor.

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Hiro8811 lemmy.world Hiro8811@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-16
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I must say that Mental Outlaw is known for using the wrong terminology, for example calling closed-source software "spyware", which bothers everyone who works in the cybersecurity industry because this is blatantly wrong. I assume it's the same story with this supposed "backdoor".

It's a zero day that breaks bitlocker using some files on a USB.

Also spyware and bloatware are fairly often used for closed-source software because almost always closed-source code is either spyware or bloatware or both.

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overload sopuli.xyz overload@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-07
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I must say that Mental Outlaw is known for using the wrong terminology, for example calling closed-source software "spyware", which bothers everyone who works in the cybersecurity industry because this is blatantly wrong. I assume it's the same story with this supposed "backdoor".

Mental outlaw is a bit of nutter IMO. I couldn't live with that level of paranoia, so I stopped watching him.

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qwestjest78 lemmy.ca qwestjest78@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-03-29
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Mental Outlaw is a weird dude. I stopped watching them long ago.

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Doorknob lemmy.world Doorknob@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
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I must say that Mental Outlaw is known for using the wrong terminology, for example calling closed-source software "spyware", which bothers everyone who works in the cybersecurity industry because this is blatantly wrong. I assume it's the same story with this supposed "backdoor".

Correct, there is extremely scant evidence for it being a backdoor in the video

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magnue lemmy.world magnue@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-09
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Mental Outlaw is a weird dude. I stopped watching them long ago.

Dude buys all his haribo through mullvad with monero honest.

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rekabis lemmy.ca rekabis@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-19
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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
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Mental outlaw is a bit of nutter IMO. I couldn't live with that level of paranoia, so I stopped watching him.

Also, extremely right-wing coded conspiracies.

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overload sopuli.xyz overload@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-07
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Also, extremely right-wing coded conspiracies.

Yeah that too was a big reason why I stopped.

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aev_software programming.dev aev_software@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-05-14
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It's a zero day that breaks bitlocker using some files on a USB. Also spyware and bloatware are fairly often used for closed-source software because almost always closed-source code is either spyware or bloatware or both.

So... can the FsTx file from my computer disable bitlocker on yours? Because that would be interesting.

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BillMangionee lemmy.ml BillMangionee@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-04-21
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Mental Outlaw is a weird dude. I stopped watching them long ago.

why?

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Hiro8811 lemmy.world Hiro8811@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-16
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So... can the FsTx file from my computer disable bitlocker on yours? Because that would be interesting.

I'm not even sure what FsTx is but my guess is that you need a patched one, although it'd be an interesting to try if you got two PCs

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agentTeiko piefed.social agentTeiko@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-29
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Yeah that too was a big reason why I stopped.

Yeah it so sad to start watching an Linux content creator. Yet again having to drop them when they are yet another alt-right wing nutjob.

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overload sopuli.xyz overload@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-07
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Yeah it so sad to start watching an Linux content creator. Yet again having to drop them when they are yet another alt-right wing nutjob.

You're into Linux because either you want to escape capitalism/closed source monitoring every aspect of your life, or because muh freedom.

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