[hannasanarion]

So do y'all regularly dump liquid nitrogen on your computers after powering them off?

Last I checked, cold boot attacks have to be executed within moments of a computer powering down unless it's immediately put on ice. I don't understand why we're worried about this.

[retrodpc]

Actually, RAM can keep its contents for up to a few minutes after shutdown. See here:

https://citp.princeton.edu/research/memory/

[detaro]

Many people do not always power down their computer completely when they leave it unattended.

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Read the article. This is about attacking computers in sleep mode.

[chrisper]

When you are in sleep mode, your RAM still has power on it.