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		yread on Nov 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 10 in-place upgrades are a severe security... It's not earth shattering - somebody could steal a encrypted laptop that's already running and keep it running until an upgrade comes and then bypass bitlocker. Aren't there other ways of bypassing it with a running machine?

hobarrera on Nov 29, 2016 [–]

> Aren't there other ways of bypassing it with a running machine?

The key element here is that you don't need to be a local admin, just a regular user who has restart permissions.

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