Re: File vault, firmware password, etc

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From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject	Re: File vault, firmware password, etc
Date	4 Mar 2014 22:06:17 GMT
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On 2014-03-04, Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2014-03-04, Daniel Cohen <dcohenspam@talktalk.net> wrote:
>> Kir?ly <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>>
>
> [snip]
>
>>
>> The trouble with FileVault is that, as far as I can see, it prevents
>> Undercover (and similar computer recovery programs), and I think (not
>> sure) that it may also prevent Find My Mac.
>
> Why do you say that? As long as the utility operates on a mounted
> volume or goes through the proper API for mounting a volume, it will
> perform its function.

I was going to ask the same question.

> I've had no problem cloning with SuperDuper! or rebuilding with
> DiskWarrior.
>
>> How many characters do you reckon a strong password should have? The
>> longer the better for strength, but the shorter the better for the
>> occasions (and there are quite a few of them) when one has to enter
>> an admin user's password. I don't have a feel for the balance between
>> these and would welcome opinions.
>
> It's not the length so much as it is the difficulity a thief would
> have finding a starting place for his cracking program. Obvious and
> word play should be avoided but strings made from the first (or
> second) letters of a phrase that you are familiar with, with some
> scattered capitalization work pretty well.

Indeed. I tend to use complete sentences with normal capitalization and
punctuation, sometimes with proper nouns included. That makes them very
easy to remember for me.

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File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-03 08:57 +0000
  Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 13:20 +0000
    Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-03 15:13 +0000
      Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-03 16:07 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-03 16:19 +0000
          Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-03 17:57 +0000
            Re: File vault, firmware password, etc me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-04 00:03 +0000
              Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 12:08 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-04 19:31 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 20:46 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 21:41 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 17:01 -0500
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 23:09 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-04 22:06 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-04 22:25 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-04 22:39 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-04 23:26 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-05 00:10 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-04 21:48 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 23:09 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-03 16:25 +0000
      Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-03 17:05 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-03 17:10 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-05 18:22 +0000
          Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 18:28 +0000
    Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-03 17:57 +0000
      Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 19:11 +0000
  Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-04 17:10 -0500

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