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Re:The Google plasma globe affair of 2012 by jaywalk on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:34PM (#33154185)
You have to realize that it was never meant to be a security measure. It's only there to identify the device to the host system.
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Re:The Google plasma globe affair of 2012 by anamexis on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:57PM (#33154444)
Indeed, and the Keyboard Setup Assistant was never meant to be a security measure, either.
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Re:The Google plasma globe affair of 2012 by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday October 10, 2022 @02:06PM (#33154564)
Ah, that was a mistake on my part: I'd initially thought it was. Rereading that screenshot, it's clear that it's not a security measure, just trying to help the user set the keyboard up, in which context it makes sense.
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