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Line 31: * Pure hardware-based FDE does not have any strong authentication component * Lack of scalable management; no central management component FDE is only safe when the computer is off or hibernated. When the computer is stolen while it is on or suspended, a restart which boots from a USB stick will reveal your data. The problem is that these warm reboots will not ask for the HD password, nor the power-on-password for that matter. This can be seen as a security risk. ==See also==

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