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Re:Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X by Archio on Thursday April 09, 2015 @11:23AM (#9348167)
Isn't the idea though that with physical access, the game is already over anyway? If an intruder has physical access to your machine they will eventually be able to get to anything they want.

If someone really wants to protect their data, they have to count physical access as a possibility and rely on encryption and/or remote wiping - the operating system login isn't going to do much anyway.

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Re:Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X by Vexs on Thursday April 09, 2015 @11:30AM (#9348244)
Yep, physical access is total access. However, this trick falls under cool-at-school-tech-labs, I'd hope enterprise systems would do something to prevent this kind of low-level shenanigans.
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Re:Hidden backdoor API to root privileges in Apple OS X by TeMPOraL on Thursday April 09, 2015 @12:56PM (#9349019)
School tech labs are modelled after the enterprise networks, the only difference is usually a bit more competent IT staff. I'd expect most of the school-lab tricks to be directly transferable to enterprise.
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