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On a single owner desktop system, isn't kernel memory strictly less interesting than user memory, for reads? All of the important things, like passwords and emails and secret keys, are in user space memory or in the user readable file system, generally...



Disk decryption passwords / keys could show up in kernel memory.


which is used to get

> All of the important things, like passwords and emails and secret keys, are in user space memory or in the user readable file system, generally...

In this scenario in OP's comment, user accessible stuffs are still more interesting than kernel things.




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