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Has iOS Always had Secure Boot?
In Apple's recent iOS Security paper here
http://images.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_Security_May12.pdf
They speak about the Secure Boot Chain, my question is has iPhones/iPods/iPads always had ...
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Is this possible? Prevent Live-Linux from booting and grabbing your files without encrypting your disc?
I am a medium-experienced Power User with knowledge about most of the stuff (studying this since two years) and I know something about how Linux and Windows work; I have screwed up countless ...
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How to disable single-user boot (command S)
By default, Macs are extremely insecure if somebody can get physical access, as they can simply shut it down, press the power button, hold command-S, and there, they get root access in 5 seconds.
Is ...
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Is is possible to prevent OS X firmware password removal?
The title pretty much says it all.
I have set a firmware password on my MacBook Pro just to make things a bit harder in case of theft. Still, by pulling the RAM and resetting the PRAM, it would be ...
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What does a firmware password protect?
If I create a firmware password on my MacBook, what does that protect me from?
Does it protect from any of these:
Reformatting the hard drive.
Switching OS to boot from (e.g. if Boot Camp is ...
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Security hole in firmware password by installing another boot loader?
I set up a firmware password on my MacBook. One thing I don't understand is how I can install a tool such as rEFIt, and effectively bypass the entire firmware password (i.e. installing it never asked ...
