David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@TROUSERSspamcop.net>
>
>
> | Course it does. You can image the HDD, you can install hardware that
> | intercepts the decrypted stream en route between disk and memory, you
> | can put in a modded CMOS or BIOS that includes a builtin keylogger or
> | data logger thats part of the firmware etc etc etc.
>
> | If you have access to the box for long enough, its yours.
>
> Now your making things up...

Ya reckon?

> "put in a modded CMOS or BIOS that includes a builtin keylogger "

PC BIOSes are on EEPROMS. Booting the pc from a CD and running a custom
BIOS upgrade is far from beyond the bounds of possibility.

People hack the BIOS for CD and DVD drives all the time to add features
and remove region settings. A quick google search shows that numerous
people have hacked their PC bios to enable features that the mobo
provider decided weren't for use.