"divided by half" - a bastard of "divided by two" and "multiplied by half", which actually means the exact opposite: multiplied by two.
"a half less" - a chimera of "half as much" and "half of", which again means the opposite.
"0.01 cents" - a mongrel of "one cent" or "$0.01", instead giving a price 100 times cheaper.
So let's save our outrage for the next time someone tells us it's good news the number of deaths has "divided by half", or crimes are "a half less".
Hardly Any Better
doesn't mean worse. Basically this is saying that while SEDs are not vulnerable to a “cold boot attack” like software encryption, it is vulnerable to equivalent attacks.
The answer to all these attacks is to always completely shut down, never sleep, your laptop.
Does the manufacturer have the keys? That seems to be the case,
Have you got any evidence of this? It would be a major news if *every* HDD manufacturer was back-dooring their drives in this way. Although it certainly sometimes happens.
How is their random number generator?
Hardware RNGs are preferred to software CSPRNGs
but really its a bunch of illiterate idiots.
it's
Parts that positively cannot be assembled in improper order will be.
