[BuyMyBitcoins]

This happened to me once. Sadly I had wiped the flash drive containing the recovery key months before the lockout without realizing it. Chide me if you must, but I certainly learned my lesson.

I tried a few non-hardware exploits, even CVE-2022-41099 about WinRE but to no avail.

I’m not a security pro, but I assume once it is in recovery mode lockout you’re pretty much out of luck. From what I can tell most other exploits require it to be unlocked in the first place. Even the hardware hacks seem to require a drive being in a non-lockdown state in order to sniff things during boot.

That NVMe drive is just a keepsake now. I plan to frame it and put it on my wall as a memento.

[dogma1138]

This is why i use the key backup to OneDrive option.

My threat model is a lost or stolen device or RMA/repair.

If someone wants my data so badly that they’ll be able get into my OneDrive account that is protected with a passkey or a 32 char password + MFA and also have physical access to my devices let them have it.

Anyone who is that determined and capable can always resort to rubber hose cryptography and I want none of that in my life.