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From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Parental guardian - internet (WEB) filtering
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"Bobbie Sellers" <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote in message 
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> On 04/01/2015 03:10 PM, The Real Doctor wrote:
>> On 31/03/15 23:18, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>> That is pathetic as a password on a Windows machine could
>>> replaced or totally removed by use of Linux tool.
>>
>> If she managed to set the BIOS password on a ThinkPad or ThinkCentre the
>> only solution would be to solder in a new security chip. Those babies
>> are tough.

> Yes but there was no mention of BIOS password changes, to the time when I 
> replied.  Recovering from such a problem could be done
> by exchanging main boards

Fraid not.

> where, I presume, the BIOS/(U)EFI lives.
> It could be prevented by setting a password on the BIOS
> before little "crackers" come to visit.