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Yeah right, like computers are locked down that tight. It still takes my 13 year old brother just a few hours to figure out he has to put the Mac in recovery m
by cryptarch 10y ago
Yeah right, like computers are locked down that tight.
It still takes my 13 year old brother just a few hours to figure out he has to put the Mac in recovery mode to allow the changing of system files (forgot what that security theater was called). Most parents haven't suddenly learned to set BIOS passwords or to protect the admin passwords, and even then, it's not too hard to burn and boot a disk that removes password checks from an unencrypted system.
- UweSchmidt 10y agoThat's why Google is handling this on the kid's Android device (possibly the main computing device for many) now.
- xg15 10y agoParents don't need to know about root passwords if even they don't have root access in the first place... (At least that seems to be the strategy on mobile)
- navs 10y agoThere's always some article or post on a forum with instructions on how to circumvent. Kids just need to Google it.