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RAF Wing Commander Peter D'Ardenne says:
"With USB devices, if you plug it straight into the computer you can bypass passwords and get right on the system,".
Since when does a USB device bypass passwords? You would need to be logged on already to even use the device. And if it is the BIOS that is password protected, the OS will not have been loaded to run the drivers/software anyway.
How about he flys the planes, and they leave the security details to their sysadmin.