Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@TROUSERSspamcop.net> wrote in
news:aXqOk.72593$yq3.34533@en-nntp-07.am2.easynews.com:

> Juan I. Cahis wrote:
>> Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@TROUSERSspamcop.net> wrote:
> >
>>> If the hacker has physical access to the computer, all bets are off.
>>> He can boot from a CD or pendrive and install whatever the heck he
>>> likes on the laptop.
>>
>> Unless you have set the BIOS password, which any respectable SysAdmin
>> of any respectable business corporation doing international business
>> should always have set.
>
> Like I said, physical access trumps all. How long do you think it
> would take to zap the cmos battery or remove the HDD, boot it in a
> spare laptop and then replace the (now infected) HDD?

heh, physical access doesn't trump encryption.




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