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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by wanderer_ on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:02PM (#30912543)
Another little push in the right direction: you'll have to go into developer mode to expose the shell and flip the write-protect bit.
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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by jiffygist on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:05PM (#30912565)
Could it possibly be impossible to enter developer mode?

If so, could it be possible to somehow flip the write protect bit "by hand"?

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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by livueta on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:21PM (#30912738)
Every Chromebook model I've ever had has had a physical switch or screw that can be removed/toggled somewhere on the motherboard to unset the write-protect bit.

e.g. https://joshuawoehlke.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dell-31...

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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by wanderer_ on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:26PM (#30912798)
Oops, I had forgotten about that. I was doing a bit of ...research a while back to apply to my own school machine.
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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by sp332 on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:19PM (#30912712)
Some Chromebooks do have a physical switch, like in the battery compartment. I don't know of any Chromebooks where it's actually impossible to enter developer mode.
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