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by Cheer2171 873 days ago
You might think you're being clever, but specifying exactly 1 random bit flip makes it a completely different scenario.
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If you can reliably find the key in memory, even if it's partially damaged, it may practically possible to recover it. You can try keys sorted by edit distance from the recovered material. Maybe there are better methods taking into account the actual cryptography.
The original comment said "One bit flip and it's game over". Which is clear nonsense, I don't have to specify that there's exactly one bit flip, I just need to know that the key is in that general neighborhood and its security is already compromised.