OP is likely Raoul Silva, the antagonist from Skyfall (2012).
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njordomir@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Sharing this article as I think it ties in with this conversation well: zdnet.com/…/cryogenically-frozen-ram-bypasses-all…
I do want to say that for most people, this is likely NOT a concern, but I don’t know OPs threat model.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 9 months ago
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 months ago
For those not clicking the link, “cryogenically frozen” actually means an upside down can of compressed air.
Markaos@lemmy.one 9 months ago
On the other hand, it’s also worth noting that newer RAM generations are less and less susceptible to this kind of attack. Not because of any countermeasures, they just lose the data without constant refreshing much quicker even when chilled / frozen, so the attack becomes impractical.
So from DDR4 up, you’re probably safe.
njordomir@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That was a perfect one sentence summary of the article!
Its amazing some of the things people come up with like gathering intel on what a computer is doing via power draw changes, monitoring an air-gapped computers electromagnetic fields, or in this case “cryogenically” freezing ram with compressed air.