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While this is a problem, all bets are off in terms of security when a bad actor has access to your hardware.

• NegativeLatency 9y ago
  Usually if someone has physical access you've already lost.
• onion2k 9y ago
  In infosec theory, sure. In reality though I want a working BIOS password that stops everyone who isn't an experienced, knowledgable attacker. Setting up a BIOS password should make it really hard to access a machine. Obviously I don't have any expectation of it being impossible, but it should at least stop Jane from Accounting being able to access a laptop by Googling for a default backdoor. This would let her. That is a problem that shouldn't be downplayed.
  • raverbashing 9y ago
    Setting the bios password should set the AMT password as well, seems only logical
• anyfoo 9y ago
  That’s an outdated notion. You can’t do very much with a stolen iOS device.
  • jstanley 9y ago
    You can't do very much without Apple's permission with a non-stolen iOS device either.
  • cube2222 9y ago
    Same for Android since 7.0/8.0 (not sure which). Trying to factory reset the phone somehow wouldn't remove the Google account and would leave the screen lock enabled.
• JdeBP 9y ago
  See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16134151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16134151 in the previous discussion.