A user brings me an external HD. "I need the data off this" She announces. I plug it into one of our bench machines. "This is encrypted." I say.

She shrugs and says "I know. Can you get the data off it?"

I swear we deal with this kind of shit every day.

@sullybiker

My campus computer security team complains that hacker movies have given people unrealistic expectations about breaking encryption.

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@alienghic I think there's a bit of that, definitely.

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