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Moonrise2473 ( Moonrise2473@feddit.it )  to Technology · 3 years ago

Security Expert defeats Lenovo Laptop BIOS password with a screwdriver

www.tomshardware.com

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Security Expert defeats Lenovo Laptop BIOS password with a screwdriver

www.tomshardware.com

Moonrise2473 ( Moonrise2473@feddit.it )  to Technology · 3 years ago
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Security Expert Defeats Lenovo Laptop BIOS Password With a Screwdriver
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Once into the BIOS via this screwdriver hack, it is a cinch to reset or disable the password requirement.
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      For a while vendors tried to lock down the BIOS pretty hard. Dell might still, I remember having to call and get assistance when a password was forgotten and they had to generate a backdoor key of some sort. Maybe that is less of a thing now that Bitlocker is widely used on corporate laptops and it is sensitive to tampering.

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