• Cethin@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    28
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    The fun thing about Linux is your realize physical control is ownership. You can just throw a Bootable Linux image with some utilities and remove the password from a Windows account in a second. If you really need to keep something safe, it has to be encrypted.

    • kadu@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      1 year ago

      remove the password from a Windows account

      That used to be true, but no longer works

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        10
        ·
        1 year ago

        Regardless, you can just read what’s on the disk anyway, so you don’t need to be able to log in.

        • randombullet@feddit.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          arrow-down
          10
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Unless bitlocker is enabled by default, which is becoming more and more common unfortunately…

          • kadu@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            21
            ·
            1 year ago

            unfortunately

            Unfortunately? How is encryption by default a bad thing? It’s amazingly good at protecting data from people who wouldn’t even know what encryption is.

            The number of lost laptops in coffee shops protected by BitLocker is insane.