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Attack of the killer iPods

Attack of the killer iPods

Posted Jun 23, 2005 10:56 UTC (Thu) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
In reply to: Attack of the killer iPods by pilif
Parent article: Attack of the killer iPods

What do I overlook?

The possibility of rebooting the computer with a Live CD. The the janitor can bypass every security measure that is set up by the running operating system: password-protected screensavers, etc. However, if the data disk is encrypted, the janitor won't be able to access the data on it. As more and more companies replace their desktop systems to laptop, the encryption gets installed by default anyway.

Bye,NAR


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Attack of the killer iPods

Posted Jun 23, 2005 14:58 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link]

Or if you have a BIOS password...

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