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Unless you happen to press space or enter, in which case it wipes the device. That's a rather important detail.

• saagarjha 8y ago
  Space then enter, and only during a little time window during the boot sequence: it's not easy to hit accidentally. Oh, and it warns you that you are reenabling OS verification for each step.
  • craftinator 8y ago
    What an important clarification, I never hit those keys in that pattern, and neither does my cat! Glad I won't have to give my Chromebook a screwdriver enema again!
    • saagarjha 8y ago
      It is significantly easier to accidentally hit either of two keys than hit those two keys seconds apart in the right order. So I’d call that a pretty important clarification. > Glad I won't have to give my Chromebook a screwdriver enema again! If you’re willing to do that, you can disable this key sequence.
      • craftinator 8y ago
        Those are the two largest keys on most keyboards. The space bar as also located along the edge closest to the user, making it the easiest key to hit. Having the two largest targets on a keyboard being the special combination for a factory reset is aweful. That's a coercion to foul your system. I hit space and enter quite often, but I don't wipe my OS often... Why convolute those operations? Because it's designed to push you back to Google's domain.
  • deogeo 8y ago
    It's not a little time window - the screen remains until you press Ctrl+D.
    • saagarjha 8y ago
      Not for me, it boots into Chrome OS after a little bit (it does make a pair of really loud, annoying beeps in the process).