Linux livedisk or even a usb stick with windows hacked onto it, no?
"Furthermore, the card must be loaded in for the laptop to even become usable.." How can they enforce this if it can be added to any laptop, without something in the bios being modified to check for the card? I think by usable, they mean able to boot the current OS on the HDD.
That's exactly what my first thought was as well - Linux Live CD, and extract whatever data you need. From there a criminal could even go on to reformat the harddrive after getting what they need, and put whatever OS they want onto it. I'd hardly call it secure.
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Linux livedisk or even a usb stick with windows hacked onto it, no?
"Furthermore, the card must be loaded in for the laptop to even become usable.."
How can they enforce this if it can be added to any laptop, without something in the bios being modified to check for the card? I think by usable, they mean able to boot the current OS on the HDD.
That's exactly what my first thought was as well - Linux Live CD, and extract whatever data you need. From there a criminal could even go on to reformat the harddrive after getting what they need, and put whatever OS they want onto it. I'd hardly call it secure.