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Authored by: slytle on May 28, '03 07:29:46AM

"A security system that requires you to physically do something is not really security at all because people eventually slip up."

This is just another layer of security. You still have it password protected, right? So now, instead of someone having to guess your passwords, they have to find your ipod or usb drive, figure out how to use it, if they aren't very computer literate, and then guess your passwords. Just one more layer to discourage people. Nothing is 100% secure. The object of security is to make it difficult enough that people will just give up...



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Authored by: launchpad on May 28, '03 01:32:30PM

Agreed. Good security has a lot of layers - physical, electronic, etc.

Have you also enabled the mac-version of a BIOS password using 'Open Firmware Password'? Might be a nice extra bit of security, since it sounds like it's an issue where you are.



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