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https://xkcd.com/2869 Alt text: Why couldn’t the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoNot if you activated a BIOS password which blocks booting from USB (and can’t be reset by jumpers or removing the CMOS battery on modern motherboards), or Bitlocker which blocks copying cmd.exe over the accessibility options.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI wonder how hard it would be to set up a machine so that it modifies or melts a USB drive being used like that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoWell yeah. But that depends on a person doing it.
Not if you activated a BIOS password which blocks booting from USB (and can’t be reset by jumpers or removing the CMOS battery on modern motherboards), or Bitlocker which blocks copying cmd.exe over the accessibility options.
I wonder how hard it would be to set up a machine so that it modifies or melts a USB drive being used like that.
Well yeah. But that depends on a person doing it.