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Re: firmware password

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On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:37:31 -0400, Alan Browne wrote
(in article <9P6dnb_S8IhxybjNnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@giganews.com>):

> On 2012-08-10 14:14 , Király wrote:
> 
>> A useful scenario is an institutional sysadmin who manages a fleet of
>> laptops, who doesn't want users to have admin access. He can set the
>> firmware password, and then put a label over the RAM hatch that says
>> "break this seal and you're fired/expelled."
> 
> So if someone comes in my office while I'm at lunch or in a meeting and 
> breaks the seal and it's attributed to me? ...

You didn't take care of company equipment.

> 
> I wouldn't take possession of the thing if it had such a label for that 
> reason.

Then you wouldn't be working there for long.


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firmware password dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2012-08-10 19:01 +0100
  Re: firmware password me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-10 18:14 +0000
    Re: firmware password Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-10 11:26 -0700
      Re: firmware password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-10 20:20 +0000
        Re: firmware password Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-10 13:27 -0700
          Re: firmware password nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-10 16:37 -0400
          Re: firmware password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-11 03:54 +0000
            Re: firmware password Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-10 21:03 -0700
              Re: firmware password J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> - 2012-08-11 06:23 -0400
                Re: firmware password Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-08-11 07:39 -0700
                Re: firmware password J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> - 2012-08-11 15:24 -0400
                Re: firmware password Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-11 13:41 -0400
                Re: firmware password JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-08-11 14:12 -0400
                Re: firmware password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-11 18:38 +0000
              Re: firmware password nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-11 10:57 -0400
    Re: firmware password Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-08-10 14:37 -0400
      Re: firmware password me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-08-10 23:46 +0000
        Re: firmware password Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2012-08-11 13:21 -0700
      Re: firmware password J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see.sig> - 2012-08-11 06:23 -0400
    Re: firmware password nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-10 15:11 -0400
  Re: firmware password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-10 20:15 +0000
    Re: firmware password dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2012-08-11 12:18 +0100
  Re: firmware password Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-08-11 14:12 -0700
    Re: firmware password Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-11 18:39 -0400
    Re: firmware password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-12 02:22 +0000
    Re: firmware password billy@MIX.COM - 2012-08-12 03:55 +0000
      Re: firmware password dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2012-08-12 14:27 +0100
        Re: firmware password billy@MIX.COM - 2012-08-14 03:06 +0000
          Re: firmware password dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2012-08-14 15:49 +0100

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