• h4lf8yte@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    Evil maid attacks. Trusted boot is necessary to prevent the modification of unencrypted boot code like bootloader + kernel + initrd. Modified boot code could potentially steal the master key for the root volume while it gets entered. Also rootkits that inject below the os.